#B53EB5#B53EB5

#B53EB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.205 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53EB5
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 62.23, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 73.69, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1735 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.205 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1188, 16.6072, 45.3789)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53EB5 #3EB53E

analogous

#793EB5 #B53EB5 #B53E79

triadic

#B53EB5 #B5B53E #3EB5B5

tetradic

#B53EB5 #B5793E #3EB53E #3E79B5

square

#B53EB5 #B5793E #3EB53E #3E79B5

split-complementary

#B53EB5 #79B53E #3EB579

monochromatic

#5A1F5A #872E87 #B53EB5 #CA66CA #DA93DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B53EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B53EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53EB5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53EB5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C77B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.205 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7dcb',
    500: '#b53eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53eb5;
$custom-light: #ce7dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57631,
    "c": 0.20491,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53EB5

secondary

#89C589

accent

#D94F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53EB5

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

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