#BB53D8#BB53D8

#BB53D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.210 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53D8
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 61.18, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 79.09, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.157 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.21 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9797, 21.7107, 67.2478)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53D8 #70D853

analogous

#7853D8 #BB53D8 #D853B2

triadic

#BB53D8 #D8BB53 #53D8BB

tetradic

#BB53D8 #D87853 #70D853 #53B2D8

square

#BB53D8 #D87853 #70D853 #53B2D8

split-complementary

#BB53D8 #B2D853 #53D878

monochromatic

#782190 #A12CC2 #BB53D8 #CF85E3 #E2B7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BB53D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BB53D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53D8

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53D8	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.210 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389e5',
    500: '#bb53d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53d8;
$custom-light: #d389e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.917,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.21042,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53D8

secondary

#B5DEA9

accent

#E64266

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53D8

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

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