#BB53E3#BB53E3

#BB53E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.221 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53E3
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 63.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 63.36, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 84.12, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.157 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.221 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4497, 22.2986, 74.9895)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53E3 #7BE353

analogous

#7353E3 #BB53E3 #E353C3

triadic

#BB53E3 #E3BB53 #53E3BB

tetradic

#BB53E3 #E37353 #7BE353 #53C3E3

square

#BB53E3 #E37353 #7BE353 #53C3E3

split-complementary

#BB53E3 #C3E353 #53E373

monochromatic

#7C1AA1 #A423D6 #BB53E3 #D088EC #E5BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB53E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BB53E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53E3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53E3	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.221 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aec',
    500: '#bb53e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53e3;
$custom-light: #d38aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63381,
    "c": 0.22083,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53E3

secondary

#BDE4AE

accent

#D41148

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53E3

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

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