#B438D2#B438D2

#B438D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.235 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438D2
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 69.37, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 88.59, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1776 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.236 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8679, 17.1863, 62.5989)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438D2 #56D238

analogous

#6738D2 #B438D2 #D238A3

triadic

#B438D2 #D2B438 #38D2B4

tetradic

#B438D2 #D26738 #56D238 #38A3D2

square

#B438D2 #D26738 #56D238 #38A3D2

split-complementary

#B438D2 #A3D238 #38D267

monochromatic

#631A75 #8E26A7 #B438D2 #C76ADD #DA9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B438D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B438D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438D2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438D2	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4277CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.235 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be0',
    500: '#b438d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438d2;
$custom-light: #cf7be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.312,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58661,
    "c": 0.2355,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438D2

secondary

#9ED591

accent

#E64262

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438D2

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

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