#B53BD1#B53BD1

#B53BD1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.232 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53BD1
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 209)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 68.32, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 86.95, 321.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.176 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.232 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1272, 17.5567, 62.0058)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53BD1 #57D13B

analogous

#6A3BD1 #B53BD1 #D13BA2

triadic

#B53BD1 #D1B53B #3BD1B5

tetradic

#B53BD1 #D16A3B #57D13B #3BA2D1

square

#B53BD1 #D16A3B #57D13B #3BA2D1

split-complementary

#B53BD1 #A2D13B #3BD16A

monochromatic

#651C76 #9027A7 #B53BD1 #C86DDD #DA9EE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B53BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B53BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53BD1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53BD1	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4678CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.232 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ce0',
    500: '#b53bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53bd1;
$custom-light: #cf7ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.2318,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53BD1

secondary

#9FD493

accent

#E54361

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53BD1

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

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