#BB53E5#BB53E5

#BB53E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.223 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53E5
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 63.76, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 85.04, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1569 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.223 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7273, 22.4097, 76.4517)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53E5 #7DE553

analogous

#7253E5 #BB53E5 #E553C6

triadic

#BB53E5 #E5BB53 #53E5BB

tetradic

#BB53E5 #E57253 #7DE553 #53C6E5

square

#BB53E5 #E57253 #7DE553 #53C6E5

split-complementary

#BB53E5 #C6E553 #53E572

monochromatic

#7C19A5 #A521DA #BB53E5 #D088ED #E5BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BB53E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BB53E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53E5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53E5	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.223 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aee',
    500: '#bb53e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53e5;
$custom-light: #d38aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63502,
    "c": 0.22273,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53E5

secondary

#BEE5AE

accent

#D61049

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53E5

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

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