#B138C6#B138C6

#B138C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.224 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138C6
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 66.56, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 83.32, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.175 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.224 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7375, 16.2543, 54.9862)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138C6 #4DC638

analogous

#6A38C6 #B138C6 #C63894

triadic

#B138C6 #C6B138 #38C6B1

tetradic

#B138C6 #C66A38 #4DC638 #3894C6

square

#B138C6 #C66A38 #4DC638 #3894C6

split-complementary

#B138C6 #94C638 #38C66A

monochromatic

#5C1D67 #862B96 #B138C6 #C467D4 #D697E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B138C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B138C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138C6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138C6	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4975C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.224 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ad8',
    500: '#b138c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138c6;
$custom-light: #cc7ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.127,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57491,
    "c": 0.22424,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138C6

secondary

#96CD8D

accent

#DF495F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138C6

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

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