#B438CC#B438CC

#B438CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.230 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438CC
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 68.27, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 85.97, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1781 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.23 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1344, 16.8929, 58.7357)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438CC #50CC38

analogous

#6A38CC #B438CC #CC389A

triadic

#B438CC #CCB438 #38CCB4

tetradic

#B438CC #CC6A38 #50CC38 #389ACC

square

#B438CC #CC6A38 #50CC38 #389ACC

split-complementary

#B438CC #9ACC38 #38CC6A

monochromatic

#601C6E #8B299E #B438CC #C669D8 #D999E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B438CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B438CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438CC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438CC	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.230 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7bdc',
    500: '#b438cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438cc;
$custom-light: #ce7bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.23048,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438CC

secondary

#9AD18F

accent

#E2455F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438CC

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

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