#BB53D3#BB53D3

#BB53D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.206 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53D3
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 211)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 60.22, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 76.83, 321.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1569 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.206 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3432, 21.4560, 63.8951)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53D3 #6BD353

analogous

#7B53D3 #BB53D3 #D353AB

triadic

#BB53D3 #D3BB53 #53D3BB

tetradic

#BB53D3 #D37B53 #6BD353 #53ABD3

square

#BB53D3 #D37B53 #6BD353 #53ABD3

split-complementary

#BB53D3 #ABD353 #53D37B

monochromatic

#762389 #A02FB9 #BB53D3 #CE84DF #E2B4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB53D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB53D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53D3

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53D3	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3379D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.206 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289e1',
    500: '#bb53d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53d3;
$custom-light: #d289e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62442,
    "c": 0.20574,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53D3

secondary

#B1DBA7

accent

#E24563

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53D3

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

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