#B438B8#B438B8

#B438B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.214 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B8
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 64.76, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 77.45, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1788 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.214 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8878, 15.9943, 46.9038)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B8 #3CB838

analogous

#7438B8 #B438B8 #B8387C

triadic

#B438B8 #B8B438 #38B8B4

tetradic

#B438B8 #B87438 #3CB838 #387CB8

square

#B438B8 #B87438 #3CB838 #387CB8

split-complementary

#B438B8 #7CB838 #38B874

monochromatic

#581B5A #862A89 #B438B8 #CB5FCE #DA8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B438B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B438B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B8	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.214 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ace',
    500: '#b438b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b8;
$custom-light: #ce7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57081,
    "c": 0.21411,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B8

secondary

#87C785

accent

#DD4B50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B8

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

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