#B33BCB#B33BCB

#B33BCB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.226 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33BCB
RGB	rgb(179, 59, 203)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 66.81, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 84.30, 322.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1741 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.226 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9326, 17.0250, 58.1452)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33BCB #53CB3B

analogous

#6B3BCB #B33BCB #CB3B9B

triadic

#B33BCB #CBB33B #3BCBB3

tetradic

#B33BCB #CB6B3B #53CB3B #3B9BCB

square

#B33BCB #CB6B3B #53CB3B #3B9BCB

split-complementary

#B33BCB #9BCB3B #3BCB6B

monochromatic

#611D6E #8B2A9F #B33BCB #C66BD8 #D99CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B33BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B33BCB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33BCB

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33BCB	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)

#006ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 59, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.226 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7cdb',
    500: '#b33bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33bcb;
$custom-light: #ce7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5835,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33BCB

secondary

#9CD191

accent

#E14760

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33BCB

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

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