#B53CB5#B53CB5

#B53CB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.207 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53CB5
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 63.00, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 74.57, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1756 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.207 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0120, 16.3937, 45.3433)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53CB5 #3CB53C

analogous

#793CB5 #B53CB5 #B53C79

triadic

#B53CB5 #B5B53C #3CB5B5

tetradic

#B53CB5 #B5793C #3CB53C #3C79B5

square

#B53CB5 #B5793C #3CB53C #3C79B5

split-complementary

#B53CB5 #79B53C #3CB579

monochromatic

#591E59 #872D87 #B53CB5 #CB63CB #DB91DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B53CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B53CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53CB5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53CB5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.207 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ccb',
    500: '#b53cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53cb5;
$custom-light: #cf7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57433,
    "c": 0.20742,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53CB5

secondary

#87C687

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53CB5

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

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