#B438C4#B438C4

#B438C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.224 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438C4
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 66.84, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 82.52, 324.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1785 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.224 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1994, 16.5189, 53.8116)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438C4 #48C438

analogous

#6E38C4 #B438C4 #C4388E

triadic

#B438C4 #C4B438 #38C4B4

tetradic

#B438C4 #C46E38 #48C438 #388EC4

square

#B438C4 #C46E38 #48C438 #388EC4

split-complementary

#B438C4 #8EC438 #38C46E

monochromatic

#5D1D65 #882A94 #B438C4 #C766D3 #D896E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B438C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B438C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438C4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438C4	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.224 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad6',
    500: '#b438c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438c4;
$custom-light: #ce7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.22386,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438C4

secondary

#93CC8C

accent

#DF495A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438C4

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

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