#B138CE#B138CE

#B138CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.231 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138CE
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 68.03, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 86.83, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1744 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.231 319)
XYZ	xyz(30.6847, 16.6332, 59.9748)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138CE #55CE38

analogous

#6638CE #B138CE #CE38A0

triadic

#B138CE #CEB138 #38CEB1

tetradic

#B138CE #CE6638 #55CE38 #38A0CE

square

#B138CE #CE6638 #55CE38 #38A0CE

split-complementary

#B138CE #A0CE38 #38CE66

monochromatic

#601C70 #8A28A1 #B138CE #C469DA #D79AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B138CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B138CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138CE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138CE	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4275CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.231 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ade',
    500: '#b138ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138ce;
$custom-light: #cc7ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57995,
    "c": 0.23097,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.16632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138CE

secondary

#9DD290

accent

#E44463

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →