#B438BF#B438BF

#B438BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.220 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438BF
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 65.96, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 80.39, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1787 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.22 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6398, 16.2951, 50.8642)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438BF #43BF38

analogous

#7038BF #B438BF #BF3886

triadic

#B438BF #BFB438 #38BFB4

tetradic

#B438BF #BF7038 #43BF38 #3886BF

square

#B438BF #BF7038 #43BF38 #3886BF

split-complementary

#B438BF #86BF38 #38BF70

monochromatic

#5B1C60 #872A90 #B438BF #C863D1 #D992DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B438BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B438BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438BF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438BF	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E67C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.220 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad3',
    500: '#b438bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438bf;
$custom-light: #ce7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57489,
    "c": 0.21977,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438BF

secondary

#8ECA89

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438BF

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

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