#B53BCD#B53BCD

#B53BCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.228 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53BCD
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 67.59, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 85.20, 322.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1763 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.228 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6382, 17.3611, 59.4303)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53BCD #53CD3B

analogous

#6C3BCD #B53BCD #CD3B9C

triadic

#B53BCD #CDB53B #3BCDB5

tetradic

#B53BCD #CD6C3B #53CD3B #3B9CCD

square

#B53BCD #CD6C3B #53CD3B #3B9CCD

split-complementary

#B53BCD #9CCD3B #3BCD6C

monochromatic

#631D71 #8E29A2 #B53BCD #C76CD9 #DA9DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B53BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B53BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53BCD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53BCD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.228 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7cdd',
    500: '#b53bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53bcd;
$custom-light: #cf7cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.137,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.22842,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53BCD

secondary

#9CD292

accent

#E3455F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53BCD

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

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