#BB53DE#BB53DE

#BB53DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.216 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53DE
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 222)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 62.36, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 81.83, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.157 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.216 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7696, 22.0266, 71.4078)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53DE #76DE53

analogous

#7653DE #BB53DE #DE53BC

triadic

#BB53DE #DEBB53 #53DEBB

tetradic

#BB53DE #DE7653 #76DE53 #53BCDE

square

#BB53DE #DE7653 #76DE53 #53BCDE

split-complementary

#BB53DE #BCDE53 #53DE76

monochromatic

#7A1D99 #A327CD #BB53DE #CF86E8 #E4BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB53DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB53DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53DE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53DE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.216 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ae9',
    500: '#bb53de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53de;
$custom-light: #d38ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.892,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.21609,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53DE

secondary

#B9E1AC

accent

#EB3D69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53DE

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

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