#B438A3#B438A3

#B438A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.198 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438A3
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 61.35, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 69.11, 332.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1777 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.198 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8476, 15.1782, 36.1589)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438A3 #38B449

analogous

#8738B4 #B438A3 #B43865

triadic

#B438A3 #A3B438 #38A3B4

tetradic

#B438A3 #B48738 #38B449 #3865B4

square

#B438A3 #B48738 #38B449 #3865B4

split-complementary

#B438A3 #65B438 #38B487

monochromatic

#571B4E #852979 #B438A3 #CD5DBD #DB8BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B438A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B438A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438A3

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438A3	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3561A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.198 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79be',
    500: '#b438a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438a3;
$custom-light: #ce79be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438A3

secondary

#82C58C

accent

#DC604C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438A3

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

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