#B438B3#B438B3

#B438B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.210 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B3
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 0.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 63.92, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 75.40, 327.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1787 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.21 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3729, 15.7883, 44.1921)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B3 #38B439

analogous

#7738B4 #B438B3 #B43875

triadic

#B438B3 #B3B438 #38B3B4

tetradic

#B438B3 #B47738 #38B439 #3875B4

square

#B438B3 #B47738 #38B439 #3875B4

split-complementary

#B438B3 #75B438 #38B477

monochromatic

#571B56 #852985 #B438B3 #CD5DCC #DB8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B438B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B438B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B3	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2564B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5974B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.210 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7aca',
    500: '#b438b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b3;
$custom-light: #ce7aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.484,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56798,
    "c": 0.21015,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B3

secondary

#82C583

accent

#DC4D4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B3

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

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