#BB53DD#BB53DD

#BB53DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.215 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53DD
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 62.16, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 81.37, 319.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.157 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.215 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6360, 21.9732, 70.7040)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53DD #75DD53

analogous

#7653DD #BB53DD #DD53BA

triadic

#BB53DD #DDBB53 #53DDBB

tetradic

#BB53DD #DD7653 #75DD53 #53BADD

square

#BB53DD #DD7653 #75DD53 #53BADD

split-complementary

#BB53DD #BADD53 #53DD76

monochromatic

#7A1E98 #A328CB #BB53DD #CF86E7 #E3B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB53DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BB53DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53DD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53DD	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.215 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ae8',
    500: '#bb53dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53dd;
$custom-light: #d38ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63021,
    "c": 0.21514,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53DD

secondary

#B8E1AB

accent

#EA3E68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53DD

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

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