#BB53E6#BB53E6

#BB53E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.224 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53E6
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 63.96, -56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 85.51, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1569 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.224 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8674, 22.4657, 77.1891)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53E6 #7EE653

analogous

#7253E6 #BB53E6 #E653C8

triadic

#BB53E6 #E6BB53 #53E6BB

tetradic

#BB53E6 #E67253 #7EE653 #53C8E6

square

#BB53E6 #E67253 #7EE653 #53C8E6

split-complementary

#BB53E6 #C8E653 #53E672

monochromatic

#7D18A6 #A520DC #BB53E6 #D088EE #E5BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB53E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BB53E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53E6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53E6	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.224 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aef',
    500: '#bb53e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53e6;
$custom-light: #d38aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.449,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63563,
    "c": 0.22369,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53E6

secondary

#BFE6AF

accent

#D70F49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53E6

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

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