#B438B7#B438B7

#B438B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.213 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B7
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 64.59, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 77.04, 326.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1788 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.213 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7833, 15.9525, 46.3537)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B7 #3BB738

analogous

#7538B7 #B438B7 #B7387A

triadic

#B438B7 #B7B438 #38B7B4

tetradic

#B438B7 #B77538 #3BB738 #387AB7

square

#B438B7 #B77538 #3BB738 #387AB7

split-complementary

#B438B7 #7AB738 #38B775

monochromatic

#581B59 #862A88 #B438B7 #CB5ECE #DA8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B438B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B438B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2065BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.213 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7acd',
    500: '#b438b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b7;
$custom-light: #ce7acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.583,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57024,
    "c": 0.21333,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B7

secondary

#86C784

accent

#DD4B4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B7

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

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