#B138C4#B138C4

#B138C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.223 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138C4
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 66.20, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 82.45, 323.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1751 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.223 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5084, 16.1626, 53.7793)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138C4 #4BC438

analogous

#6B38C4 #B138C4 #C43891

triadic

#B138C4 #C4B138 #38C4B1

tetradic

#B138C4 #C46B38 #4BC438 #3891C4

square

#B138C4 #C46B38 #4BC438 #3891C4

split-complementary

#B138C4 #91C438 #38C46B

monochromatic

#5B1D65 #862A94 #B138C4 #C466D3 #D796E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B138C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B138C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138C4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138C4	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.223 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ad6',
    500: '#b138c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138c4;
$custom-light: #cc7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.22257,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138C4

secondary

#94CC8C

accent

#DF495D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138C4

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

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