#B33ACD#B33ACD

#B33ACD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.229 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33ACD
RGB	rgb(179, 58, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 67.54, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 85.59, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.175 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.229 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1215, 17.0192, 59.3915)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33ACD #54CD3A

analogous

#6A3ACD #B33ACD #CD3A9E

triadic

#B33ACD #CDB33A #3ACDB3

tetradic

#B33ACD #CD6A3A #54CD3A #3A9ECD

square

#B33ACD #CD6A3A #54CD3A #3A9ECD

split-complementary

#B33ACD #9ECD3A #3ACD6A

monochromatic

#611C70 #8C29A1 #B33ACD #C66BD9 #D99CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B33ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B33ACD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33ACD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33ACD	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 58, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.229 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7bdd',
    500: '#b33acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33acd;
$custom-light: #ce7bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.388,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58384,
    "c": 0.22873,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33ACD

secondary

#9DD291

accent

#E34561

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33ACD

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

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