#BB53B5#BB53B5

#BB53B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.179 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B5
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 54.73, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 63.82, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1544 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.179 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9270, 20.0896, 45.9031)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B5 #53BB59

analogous

#8D53BB #BB53B5 #BB5381

triadic

#BB53B5 #B5BB53 #53B5BB

tetradic

#BB53B5 #BB8D53 #53BB59 #5381BB

square

#BB53B5 #BB8D53 #53BB59 #5381BB

split-complementary

#BB53B5 #81BB53 #53BB8D

monochromatic

#6A2A66 #963B90 #BB53B5 #CC7FC8 #DEABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BB53B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB53B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B5	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.179 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289cb',
    500: '#bb53b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b5;
$custom-light: #d289cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.462,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60852,
    "c": 0.17876,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B5

secondary

#9ECBA1

accent

#D35C55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B5

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

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