#B438BC#B438BC

#B438BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.217 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438BC
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 65.45, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 79.12, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1788 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.217 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3130, 16.1644, 49.1433)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438BC #40BC38

analogous

#7238BC #B438BC #BC3882

triadic

#B438BC #BCB438 #38BCB4

tetradic

#B438BC #BC7238 #40BC38 #3882BC

square

#B438BC #BC7238 #40BC38 #3882BC

split-complementary

#B438BC #82BC38 #38BC72

monochromatic

#5A1C5E #872A8D #B438BC #C961D0 #D990DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B438BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B438BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438BC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438BC	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1666C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.217 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad1',
    500: '#b438bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438bc;
$custom-light: #ce7ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57312,
    "c": 0.21734,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438BC

secondary

#8BC987

accent

#DD4A53

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438BC

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

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