#B538A3#B538A3

#B538A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.198 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538A3
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 163)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 9.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 61.60, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 69.21, 332.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1788 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.198 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0813, 15.2987, 36.1699)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538A3 #38B54A

analogous

#8938B5 #B538A3 #B53865

triadic

#B538A3 #A3B538 #38A3B5

tetradic

#B538A3 #B58938 #38B54A #3865B5

square

#B538A3 #B58938 #38B54A #3865B5

split-complementary

#B538A3 #65B538 #38B589

monochromatic

#581B4F #862A79 #B538A3 #CD5DBD #DB8CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B538A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B538A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538A3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538A3	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3661A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.198 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79be',
    500: '#b538a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538a3;
$custom-light: #cf79be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.64,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56092,
    "c": 0.19847,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538A3

secondary

#83C68D

accent

#DC604C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538A3

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

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