#B538A6#B538A6

#B538A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.201 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538A6
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 166)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 8.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 62.06, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 70.34, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.179 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.201 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3533, 15.4075, 37.6023)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538A6 #38B547

analogous

#8638B5 #B538A6 #B53868

triadic

#B538A6 #A6B538 #38A6B5

tetradic

#B538A6 #B58638 #38B547 #3868B5

square

#B538A6 #B58638 #38B547 #3868B5

split-complementary

#B538A6 #68B538 #38B586

monochromatic

#581B50 #862A7B #B538A6 #CD5DC0 #DB8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B538A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B538A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538A6

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538A6	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3462A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6074A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.201 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c1',
    500: '#b538a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538a6;
$custom-light: #cf79c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56246,
    "c": 0.20069,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538A6

secondary

#83C68B

accent

#DC5D4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538A6

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

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