#B438A4#B438A4

#B438A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.199 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438A4
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 164)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 61.51, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 69.49, 332.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1778 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.199 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9376, 15.2142, 36.6326)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438A4 #38B448

analogous

#8638B4 #B438A4 #B43866

triadic

#B438A4 #A4B438 #38A4B4

tetradic

#B438A4 #B48638 #38B448 #3866B4

square

#B438A4 #B48638 #38B448 #3866B4

split-complementary

#B438A4 #66B438 #38B486

monochromatic

#571B4F #852979 #B438A4 #CD5DBE #DB8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B438A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B438A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438A4

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438A4	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3561A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.199 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79bf',
    500: '#b438a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438a4;
$custom-light: #ce79bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55994,
    "c": 0.19863,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438A4

secondary

#82C58B

accent

#DC5E4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438A4

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

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