#B438B9#B438B9

#B438B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.215 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438B9
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 64.93, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 77.87, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1788 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.215 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9930, 16.0364, 47.4578)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438B9 #3DB938

analogous

#7338B9 #B438B9 #B9387E

triadic

#B438B9 #B9B438 #38B9B4

tetradic

#B438B9 #B97338 #3DB938 #387EB9

square

#B438B9 #B97338 #3DB938 #387EB9

split-complementary

#B438B9 #7EB938 #38B973

monochromatic

#591C5B #862A8A #B438B9 #CA5FCF #DA8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B438B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B438B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438B9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438B9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C65BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.215 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ace',
    500: '#b438b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438b9;
$custom-light: #ce7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.674,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.21492,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438B9

secondary

#88C885

accent

#DD4B51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438B9

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

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