#B438CD#B438CD

#B438CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.231 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438CD
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 68.45, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 86.40, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.178 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.231 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2547, 16.9410, 59.3694)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438CD #51CD38

analogous

#6938CD #B438CD #CD389B

triadic

#B438CD #CDB438 #38CDB4

tetradic

#B438CD #CD6938 #51CD38 #389BCD

square

#B438CD #CD6938 #51CD38 #389BCD

split-complementary

#B438CD #9BCD38 #38CD69

monochromatic

#611C6F #8C28A0 #B438CD #C669D9 #D99AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B438CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B438CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438CD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438CD	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.231 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7bdd',
    500: '#b438cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438cd;
$custom-light: #ce7bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.933,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58344,
    "c": 0.23131,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438CD

secondary

#9BD18F

accent

#E3455F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438CD

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

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