#BB53B6#BB53B6

#BB53B6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.180 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53B6
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 182)
HSL	hsl(303, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(303, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 54.91, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 64.24, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1546 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.18 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0299, 20.1307, 46.4455)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53B6 #53BB58

analogous

#8C53BB #BB53B6 #BB5382

triadic

#BB53B6 #B6BB53 #53B6BB

tetradic

#BB53B6 #BB8C53 #53BB58 #5382BB

square

#BB53B6 #BB8C53 #53BB58 #5382BB

split-complementary

#BB53B6 #82BB53 #53BB8C

monochromatic

#6A2A67 #963B91 #BB53B6 #CC7FC9 #DEABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB53B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB53B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53B6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53B6	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.180 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289cc',
    500: '#bb53b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53b6;
$custom-light: #d289cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.885,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60901,
    "c": 0.17962,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53B6

secondary

#9ECBA1

accent

#D35B55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53B6

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

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