#B438B4#B438B4

#B438B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.211 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B4
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 64.09, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 75.81, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1787 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.211 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4744, 15.8289, 44.7267)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B4 #38B438

analogous

#7638B4 #B438B4 #B43876

triadic

#B438B4 #B4B438 #38B4B4

tetradic

#B438B4 #B47638 #38B438 #3876B4

square

#B438B4 #B47638 #38B438 #3876B4

split-complementary

#B438B4 #76B438 #38B476

monochromatic

#571B57 #852985 #B438B4 #CD5DCD #DB8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B438B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B438B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B4	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2464B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.211 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7acb',
    500: '#b438b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b4;
$custom-light: #ce7acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.21094,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B4

secondary

#82C582

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B4

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

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