#B438A2#B438A2

#B438A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.197 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438A2
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 162)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 61.20, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 68.74, 332.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1776 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.197 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7584, 15.1425, 35.6889)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438A2 #38B44A

analogous

#8838B4 #B438A2 #B43864

triadic

#B438A2 #A2B438 #38A2B4

tetradic

#B438A2 #B48838 #38B44A #3864B4

square

#B438A2 #B48838 #38B44A #3864B4

split-complementary

#B438A2 #64B438 #38B488

monochromatic

#571B4E #852978 #B438A2 #CD5DBC #DB8BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B438A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B438A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438A2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438A2	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3661A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61739F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.197 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79be',
    500: '#b438a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438a2;
$custom-light: #ce79be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.71,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55892,
    "c": 0.19715,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438A2

secondary

#82C58C

accent

#DC614C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438A2

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

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