#B523E2#B523E2

#B523E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.267 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B523E2
RGB	rgb(181, 35, 226)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 84.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 78.43, -65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 102.25, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1916 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.267 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3824, 16.5182, 73.3667)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B523E2 #50E223

analogous

#5523E2 #B523E2 #E223AF

triadic

#B523E2 #E2B523 #23E2B5

tetradic

#B523E2 #E25523 #50E223 #23AFE2

square

#B523E2 #E25523 #50E223 #23AFE2

split-complementary

#B523E2 #AFE223 #23E255

monochromatic

#61107A #8C17B1 #B523E2 #C759E9 #D98FF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B523E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B523E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B523E2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B523E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B523E2	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b523e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 35, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.267 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d174ec',
    500: '#b523e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b523e2;
$custom-light: #d174ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b523e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.864,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58432,
    "c": 0.26655,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B523E2

secondary

#9ADB86

accent

#F33561

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B523E2

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

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