#B53BCB#B53BCB

#B53BCB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.227 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53BCB
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 203)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 67.23, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 84.33, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1764 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.227 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3983, 17.2651, 58.1670)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53BCB #51CB3B

analogous

#6D3BCB #B53BCB #CB3B99

triadic

#B53BCB #CBB53B #3BCBB5

tetradic

#B53BCB #CB6D3B #51CB3B #3B99CB

square

#B53BCB #CB6D3B #51CB3B #3B99CB

split-complementary

#B53BCB #99CB3B #3BCB6D

monochromatic

#621D6E #8D2A9F #B53BCB #C76BD8 #DA9CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B53BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B53BCB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53BCB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53BCB	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.227 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7cdb',
    500: '#b53bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53bcb;
$custom-light: #cf7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58625,
    "c": 0.22674,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53BCB

secondary

#9BD191

accent

#E1475E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53BCB

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

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