#B138B4#B138B4

#B138B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.209 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138B4
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 63.41, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 75.65, 326.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1754 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.209 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7834, 15.4726, 44.6943)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138B4 #3BB438

analogous

#7338B4 #B138B4 #B43879

triadic

#B138B4 #B4B138 #38B4B1

tetradic

#B138B4 #B47338 #3BB438 #3879B4

square

#B138B4 #B47338 #3BB438 #3879B4

split-complementary

#B138B4 #79B438 #38B473

monochromatic

#551B57 #832985 #B138B4 #CA5DCD #D98BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B138B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B138B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138B4

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138B4	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2164B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.209 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79cb',
    500: '#b138b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138b4;
$custom-light: #cc79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.548,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5642,
    "c": 0.20944,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138B4

secondary

#84C582

accent

#DC4C4F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138B4

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

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