#BB53D9#BB53D9

#BB53D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.211 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53D9
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 61.38, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 79.54, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.157 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.211 318)
XYZ	xyz(36.1094, 21.7625, 67.9307)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53D9 #71D953

analogous

#7853D9 #BB53D9 #D953B4

triadic

#BB53D9 #D9BB53 #53D9BB

tetradic

#BB53D9 #D97853 #71D953 #53B4D9

square

#BB53D9 #D97853 #71D953 #53B4D9

split-complementary

#BB53D9 #B4D953 #53D978

monochromatic

#782091 #A12BC4 #BB53D9 #CF85E4 #E3B7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB53D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BB53D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53D9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53D9	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.211 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d389e5',
    500: '#bb53d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53d9;
$custom-light: #d389e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.21136,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53D9

secondary

#B5DEAA

accent

#E74166

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53D9

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

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