#B438B2#B438B2

#B438B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.209 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B2
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 63.76, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 74.99, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1787 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.209 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2721, 15.7480, 43.6614)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B2 #38B43A

analogous

#7838B4 #B438B2 #B43874

triadic

#B438B2 #B2B438 #38B2B4

tetradic

#B438B2 #B47838 #38B43A #3874B4

square

#B438B2 #B47838 #38B43A #3874B4

split-complementary

#B438B2 #74B438 #38B478

monochromatic

#571B56 #852984 #B438B2 #CD5DCB #DB8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B438B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B438B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B2	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2764B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5974AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.209 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ac9',
    500: '#b438b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b2;
$custom-light: #ce7ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.968,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56743,
    "c": 0.20936,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B2

secondary

#82C583

accent

#DC4E4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B2

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

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