#B138AA#B138AA

#B138AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.202 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138AA
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 61.74, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 71.58, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1751 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.202 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8012, 15.0797, 39.5215)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138AA #38B13F

analogous

#7B38B1 #B138AA #B1386D

triadic

#B138AA #AAB138 #38AAB1

tetradic

#B138AA #B17B38 #38B13F #386DB1

square

#B138AA #B17B38 #38B13F #386DB1

split-complementary

#B138AA #6DB138 #38B17B

monochromatic

#541B51 #83297D #B138AA #CB5BC5 #DA8AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B138AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B138AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138AA

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138AA	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8466D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.202 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c4',
    500: '#b138aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138aa;
$custom-light: #cc79c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.471,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.20151,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138AA

secondary

#81C485

accent

#DB554C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138AA

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

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