#BB53F6#BB53F6

#BB53F6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.239 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB53F6
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 246)
HSL	hsl(278, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 66.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 67.24, -64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 92.92, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1559 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.239 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2182, 23.4060, 89.5701)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB53F6 #8EF653

analogous

#6A53F6 #BB53F6 #F653E0

triadic

#BB53F6 #F6BB53 #53F6BB

tetradic

#BB53F6 #F66A53 #8EF653 #53E0F6

square

#BB53F6 #F66A53 #8EF653 #53E0F6

split-complementary

#BB53F6 #E0F653 #53F66A

monochromatic

#810AC4 #A419F3 #BB53F6 #D28DF9 #E9C7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB53F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BB53F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB53F6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB53F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB53F6	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D87F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3759E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb53f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.239 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48afa',
    500: '#bb53f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb53f6;
$custom-light: #d48afa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb53f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.282,
    "s": 90.055,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.23902,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB53F6

secondary

#CBEFB6

accent

#E60053

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB53F6

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

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