#B138CB#B138CB

#B138CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.228 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138CB
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 67.47, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 85.51, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1747 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.228 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3238, 16.4888, 58.0737)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138CB #52CB38

analogous

#6738CB #B138CB #CB389B

triadic

#B138CB #CBB138 #38CBB1

tetradic

#B138CB #CB6738 #52CB38 #389BCB

square

#B138CB #CB6738 #52CB38 #389BCB

split-complementary

#B138CB #9BCB38 #38CB67

monochromatic

#5E1C6C #88299D #B138CB #C469D8 #D799E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B138CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B138CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138CB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138CB	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.228 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7adb',
    500: '#b138cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138cb;
$custom-light: #cc7adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.388,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57804,
    "c": 0.22844,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138CB

secondary

#9AD08F

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138CB

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

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