#B438D9#B438D9

#B438D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.241 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B438D9
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 70.66, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 91.67, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1768 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.241 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7591, 17.5428, 67.2927)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B438D9 #5DD938

analogous

#6338D9 #B438D9 #D938AD

triadic

#B438D9 #D9B438 #38D9B4

tetradic

#B438D9 #D96338 #5DD938 #38ADD9

square

#B438D9 #D96338 #5DD938 #38ADD9

split-complementary

#B438D9 #ADD938 #38D963

monochromatic

#67187E #9122B2 #B438D9 #C76BE3 #DB9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B438D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B438D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B438D9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B438D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B438D9	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b438d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.241 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be5',
    500: '#b438d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b438d9;
$custom-light: #cf7be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b438d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.211,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59117,
    "c": 0.24139,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B438D9

secondary

#A4D994

accent

#EB3D65

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B438D9

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

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