#B138B5#B138B5

#B138B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.210 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138B5
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 63.58, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 76.07, 326.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1755 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.21 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8856, 15.5135, 45.2328)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138B5 #3CB538

analogous

#7338B5 #B138B5 #B5387B

triadic

#B138B5 #B5B138 #38B5B1

tetradic

#B138B5 #B57338 #3CB538 #387BB5

square

#B138B5 #B57338 #3CB538 #387BB5

split-complementary

#B138B5 #7BB538 #38B573

monochromatic

#561B58 #832A86 #B138B5 #C95DCD #D98CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B138B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B138B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138B5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138B5	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F64B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.210 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79cc',
    500: '#b138b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138b5;
$custom-light: #cc79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56477,
    "c": 0.21025,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138B5

secondary

#85C683

accent

#DC4C50

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138B5

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

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