#BB53D6#BB53D6

#BB53D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.209 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53D6
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 60.80, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 78.18, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.157 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.209 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7228, 21.6079, 65.8943)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53D6 #6ED653

analogous

#7A53D6 #BB53D6 #D653AF

triadic

#BB53D6 #D6BB53 #53D6BB

tetradic

#BB53D6 #D67A53 #6ED653 #53AFD6

square

#BB53D6 #D67A53 #6ED653 #53AFD6

split-complementary

#BB53D6 #AFD653 #53D67A

monochromatic

#77228D #A12DBE #BB53D6 #CF84E2 #E2B6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB53D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BB53D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53D6

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53D6	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.209 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389e3',
    500: '#bb53d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53d6;
$custom-light: #d389e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.634,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62613,
    "c": 0.20855,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53D6

secondary

#B3DCA8

accent

#E54364

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53D6

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

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