#B138BB#B138BB

#B138BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.215 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138BB
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 64.61, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 78.59, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1754 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.215 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5146, 15.7651, 48.5451)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138BB #42BB38

analogous

#7038BB #B138BB #BB3883

triadic

#B138BB #BBB138 #38BBB1

tetradic

#B138BB #BB7038 #42BB38 #3883BB

square

#B138BB #BB7038 #42BB38 #3883BB

split-complementary

#B138BB #83BB38 #38BB70

monochromatic

#581C5D #842A8C #B138BB #C761D0 #D890DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B138BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B138BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138BB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138BB	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1465BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.215 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ad0',
    500: '#b138bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138bb;
$custom-light: #cc7ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.42,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56826,
    "c": 0.21512,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138BB

secondary

#8BC886

accent

#DD4B56

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138BB

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

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