#B438C1#B438C1

#B438C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.221 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438C1
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 66.31, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 81.24, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1787 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.221 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8613, 16.3837, 52.0313)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438C1 #45C138

analogous

#7038C1 #B438C1 #C1388A

triadic

#B438C1 #C1B438 #38C1B4

tetradic

#B438C1 #C17038 #45C138 #388AC1

square

#B438C1 #C17038 #45C138 #388AC1

split-complementary

#B438C1 #8AC138 #38C170

monochromatic

#5C1C62 #882A92 #B438C1 #C864D2 #D994E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B438C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B438C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438C1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438C1	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0667C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.221 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad4',
    500: '#b438c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438c1;
$custom-light: #ce7ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.307,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57608,
    "c": 0.2214,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438C1

secondary

#90CB8A

accent

#DE4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438C1

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

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