#BB53B3#BB53B3

#BB53B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.177 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B3
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 54.39, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 63.01, 329.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1542 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.177 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7232, 20.0081, 44.8301)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B3 #53BB5B

analogous

#8F53BB #BB53B3 #BB537F

triadic

#BB53B3 #B3BB53 #53B3BB

tetradic

#BB53B3 #BB8F53 #53BB5B #537FBB

square

#BB53B3 #BB8F53 #53BB5B #537FBB

split-complementary

#BB53B3 #7FBB53 #53BB8F

monochromatic

#6A2A65 #963B8F #BB53B3 #CC7FC6 #DEABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB53B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB53B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B3	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.177 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289ca',
    500: '#bb53b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b3;
$custom-light: #d289ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60754,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B3

secondary

#9ECBA2

accent

#D35E55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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