#B138CC#B138CC

#B138CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.229 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138CC
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 67.66, -53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 85.95, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1746 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.229 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4433, 16.5366, 58.7033)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138CC #53CC38

analogous

#6738CC #B138CC #CC389D

triadic

#B138CC #CCB138 #38CCB1

tetradic

#B138CC #CC6738 #53CC38 #389DCC

square

#B138CC #CC6738 #53CC38 #389DCC

split-complementary

#B138CC #9DCC38 #38CC67

monochromatic

#5F1C6E #89299E #B138CC #C469D8 #D799E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B138CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B138CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138CC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138CC	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.229 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7adc',
    500: '#b138cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138cc;
$custom-light: #cc7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57867,
    "c": 0.22928,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138CC

secondary

#9BD18F

accent

#E24562

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138CC

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

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