#BB53BB#BB53BB

#BB53BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.184 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53BB
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 55.78, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 66.32, 327.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1552 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.184 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5559, 20.3411, 49.2155)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53BB #53BB53

analogous

#8753BB #BB53BB #BB5387

triadic

#BB53BB #BBBB53 #53BBBB

tetradic

#BB53BB #BB8753 #53BB53 #5387BB

square

#BB53BB #BB8753 #53BB53 #5387BB

split-complementary

#BB53BB #87BB53 #53BB87

monochromatic

#6A2A6A #963B96 #BB53BB #CC7FCC #DEABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB53BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB53BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53BB

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53BB	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.184 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289d0',
    500: '#bb53bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53bb;
$custom-light: #d289d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61151,
    "c": 0.18395,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53BB

secondary

#9ECB9E

accent

#D35555

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53BB

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

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