#B438C2#B438C2

#B438C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.222 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438C2
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 66.49, -47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 81.66, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1786 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.222 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9733, 16.4285, 52.6207)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438C2 #46C238

analogous

#6F38C2 #B438C2 #C2388B

triadic

#B438C2 #C2B438 #38C2B4

tetradic

#B438C2 #C26F38 #46C238 #388BC2

square

#B438C2 #C26F38 #46C238 #388BC2

split-complementary

#B438C2 #8BC238 #38C26F

monochromatic

#5C1D63 #882A93 #B438C2 #C765D2 #D894E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B438C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B438C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438C2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438C2	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0267C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F76BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.222 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad5',
    500: '#b438c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438c2;
$custom-light: #ce7ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57667,
    "c": 0.22222,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438C2

secondary

#91CB8A

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438C2

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

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