#B538A7#B538A7

#B538A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.201 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538A7
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 167)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 7.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 62.22, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 70.72, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1791 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.201 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4454, 15.4443, 38.0873)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538A7 #38B546

analogous

#8538B5 #B538A7 #B53869

triadic

#B538A7 #A7B538 #38A7B5

tetradic

#B538A7 #B58538 #38B546 #3869B5

square

#B538A7 #B58538 #38B546 #3869B5

split-complementary

#B538A7 #69B538 #38B585

monochromatic

#581B51 #862A7C #B538A7 #CD5DC0 #DB8CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B538A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B538A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538A7

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538A7	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3362AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.201 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c1',
    500: '#b538a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538a7;
$custom-light: #cf79c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56298,
    "c": 0.20144,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538A7

secondary

#83C68A

accent

#DC5C4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538A7

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

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