#B438C3#B438C3

#B438C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.223 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438C3
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 66.66, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 82.09, 324.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1786 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.223 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0860, 16.4735, 53.2142)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438C3 #47C338

analogous

#6F38C3 #B438C3 #C3388D

triadic

#B438C3 #C3B438 #38C3B4

tetradic

#B438C3 #C36F38 #47C338 #388DC3

square

#B438C3 #C36F38 #47C338 #388DC3

split-complementary

#B438C3 #8DC338 #38C36F

monochromatic

#5C1D64 #882A93 #B438C3 #C765D3 #D895E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B438C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B438C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438C3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438C3	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F76C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.223 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad6',
    500: '#b438c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438c3;
$custom-light: #ce7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.525,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57728,
    "c": 0.22304,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438C3

secondary

#92CC8B

accent

#DF4959

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438C3

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

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