#B138CD#B138CD

#B138CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.230 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138CD
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 67.84, -53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 86.39, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1745 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.23 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5636, 16.5847, 59.3370)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138CD #54CD38

analogous

#6638CD #B138CD #CD389E

triadic

#B138CD #CDB138 #38CDB1

tetradic

#B138CD #CD6638 #54CD38 #389ECD

square

#B138CD #CD6638 #54CD38 #389ECD

split-complementary

#B138CD #9ECD38 #38CD66

monochromatic

#5F1C6F #8928A0 #B138CD #C469D9 #D79AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B138CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B138CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138CD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138CD	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4375CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.230 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7add',
    500: '#b138cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138cd;
$custom-light: #cc7add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.725,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57931,
    "c": 0.23012,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138CD

secondary

#9CD18F

accent

#E34563

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138CD

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

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