#B53BC9#B53BC9

#B53BC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.225 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53BC9
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 201)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 70.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 66.87, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 83.46, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1765 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.225 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1615, 17.1704, 56.9199)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53BC9 #4FC93B

analogous

#6E3BC9 #B53BC9 #C93B96

triadic

#B53BC9 #C9B53B #3BC9B5

tetradic

#B53BC9 #C96E3B #4FC93B #3B96C9

square

#B53BC9 #C96E3B #4FC93B #3B96C9

split-complementary

#B53BC9 #96C93B #3BC96E

monochromatic

#611E6C #8C2B9C #B53BC9 #C76BD6 #D99BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B53BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B53BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53BC9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53BC9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.225 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7cda',
    500: '#b53bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53bc9;
$custom-light: #cf7cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.549,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58503,
    "c": 0.22506,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53BC9

secondary

#99CF90

accent

#E0485D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53BC9

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

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