#B438AA#B438AA

#B438AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.203 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438AA
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 62.45, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 71.80, 330.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1783 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.203 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4922, 15.4361, 39.5539)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438AA #38B442

analogous

#8038B4 #B438AA #B4386C

triadic

#B438AA #AAB438 #38AAB4

tetradic

#B438AA #B48038 #38B442 #386CB4

square

#B438AA #B48038 #38B442 #386CB4

split-complementary

#B438AA #6CB438 #38B480

monochromatic

#571B52 #85297E #B438AA #CD5DC3 #DB8BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B438AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B438AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438AA

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438AA	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.203 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79c3',
    500: '#b438aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438aa;
$custom-light: #ce79c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56308,
    "c": 0.20316,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438AA

secondary

#82C588

accent

#DC574C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438AA

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

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