#B438D5#B438D5

#B438D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.238 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438D5
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 69.92, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 89.91, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1773 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.238 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2451, 17.3372, 64.5858)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438D5 #59D538

analogous

#6638D5 #B438D5 #D538A7

triadic

#B438D5 #D5B438 #38D5B4

tetradic

#B438D5 #D56638 #59D538 #38A7D5

square

#B438D5 #D56638 #59D538 #38A7D5

split-complementary

#B438D5 #A7D538 #38D566

monochromatic

#651A79 #8F24AC #B438D5 #C76BE0 #DA9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B438D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B438D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438D5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438D5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F77D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.238 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be3',
    500: '#b438d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438d5;
$custom-light: #cf7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.389,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58855,
    "c": 0.23802,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438D5

secondary

#A1D692

accent

#E84063

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438D5

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

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