#B138E0#B138E0

#B138E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.246 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B138E0
RGB	rgb(177, 56, 224)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 75%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 71.43, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 94.83, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1722 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.246 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9979, 17.5584, 72.1575)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B138E0 #67E038

analogous

#5D38E0 #B138E0 #E038BB

triadic

#B138E0 #E0B138 #38E0B1

tetradic

#B138E0 #E05D38 #67E038 #38BBE0

square

#B138E0 #E05D38 #67E038 #38BBE0

split-complementary

#B138E0 #BBE038 #38E05D

monochromatic

#681588 #911DBD #B138E0 #C66DE8 #DBA2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B138E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B138E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B138E0

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B138E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B138E0	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C77DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b138e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 56, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.246 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7beb',
    500: '#b138e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b138e0;
$custom-light: #cd7beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b138e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.214,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59187,
    "c": 0.24634,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B138E0

secondary

#AADD97

accent

#F0386B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B138E0

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

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