#B33BCD#B33BCD

#B33BCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.228 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33BCD
RGB	rgb(179, 59, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 67.17, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 85.18, 322.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.174 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.228 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1724, 17.1210, 59.4085)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33BCD #55CD3B

analogous

#6A3BCD #B33BCD #CD3B9E

triadic

#B33BCD #CDB33B #3BCDB3

tetradic

#B33BCD #CD6A3B #55CD3B #3B9ECD

square

#B33BCD #CD6A3B #55CD3B #3B9ECD

split-complementary

#B33BCD #9ECD3B #3BCD6A

monochromatic

#621D71 #8C29A2 #B33BCD #C66CD9 #D99DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B33BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B33BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33BCD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33BCD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 59, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.228 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7cdd',
    500: '#b33bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33bcd;
$custom-light: #ce7cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58475,
    "c": 0.2276,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33BCD

secondary

#9DD292

accent

#E34561

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33BCD

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

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