#B438CB#B438CB

#B438CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.230 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438CB
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 68.09, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 85.53, 322.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1781 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.23 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0148, 16.8451, 58.1061)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438CB #4FCB38

analogous

#6A38CB #B438CB #CB3899

triadic

#B438CB #CBB438 #38CBB4

tetradic

#B438CB #CB6A38 #4FCB38 #3899CB

square

#B438CB #CB6A38 #4FCB38 #3899CB

split-complementary

#B438CB #99CB38 #38CB6A

monochromatic

#601C6C #8B299D #B438CB #C669D8 #D999E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B438CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B438CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438CB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438CB	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4876C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5547F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.230 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7bdb',
    500: '#b438cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438cb;
$custom-light: #ce7bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58218,
    "c": 0.22965,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438CB

secondary

#99D08F

accent

#E2465E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438CB

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

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