#BB53B4#BB53B4

#BB53B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.178 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B4
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(304, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 54.56, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 63.42, 329.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1543 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.178 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8247, 20.0487, 45.3647)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B4 #53BB5A

analogous

#8E53BB #BB53B4 #BB5380

triadic

#BB53B4 #B4BB53 #53B4BB

tetradic

#BB53B4 #BB8E53 #53BB5A #5380BB

square

#BB53B4 #BB8E53 #53BB5A #5380BB

split-complementary

#BB53B4 #80BB53 #53BB8E

monochromatic

#6A2A65 #963B90 #BB53B4 #CC7FC7 #DEABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB53B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BB53B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B4

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B4	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.178 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289cb',
    500: '#bb53b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b4;
$custom-light: #d289cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.038,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60803,
    "c": 0.1779,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B4

secondary

#9ECBA1

accent

#D35D55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B4

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

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