#BB53D5#BB53D5

#BB53D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.208 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53D5
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 61%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 60.60, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 77.73, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.157 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.208 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5955, 21.5570, 65.2238)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53D5 #6DD553

analogous

#7A53D5 #BB53D5 #D553AE

triadic

#BB53D5 #D5BB53 #53D5BB

tetradic

#BB53D5 #D57A53 #6DD553 #53AED5

square

#BB53D5 #D57A53 #6DD553 #53AED5

split-complementary

#BB53D5 #AED553 #53D57A

monochromatic

#76228C #A02EBD #BB53D5 #CE84E1 #E2B5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB53D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BB53D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53D5

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53D5	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3179D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.208 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389e2',
    500: '#bb53d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53d5;
$custom-light: #d389e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62556,
    "c": 0.20761,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53D5

secondary

#B2DCA8

accent

#E44464

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53D5

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

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