#B53AA5#B53AA5

#B53AA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.197 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53AA5
RGB	rgb(181, 58, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 61.16, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 69.10, 332.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1768 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.197 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3608, 15.5687, 37.1540)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53AA5 #3AB54A

analogous

#883AB5 #B53AA5 #B53A68

triadic

#B53AA5 #A5B53A #3AA5B5

tetradic

#B53AA5 #B5883A #3AB54A #3A68B5

square

#B53AA5 #B5883A #3AB54A #3A68B5

split-complementary

#B53AA5 #68B53A #3AB588

monochromatic

#581C50 #872B7B #B53AA5 #CC60BE #DB8ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B53AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B53AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53AA5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53AA5	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3763A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 58, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.197 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ac0',
    500: '#b53aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53aa5;
$custom-light: #cf7ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.805,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56387,
    "c": 0.19747,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53AA5

secondary

#85C68E

accent

#DB5F4D

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53AA5

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

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