#B538A9#B538A9

#B538A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.203 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538A9
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 169)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 62.53, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 71.49, 331.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1793 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.203 332)
XYZ	xyz(27.6317, 15.5189, 39.0685)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538A9 #38B544

analogous

#8338B5 #B538A9 #B5386B

triadic

#B538A9 #A9B538 #38A9B5

tetradic

#B538A9 #B58338 #38B544 #386BB5

square

#B538A9 #B58338 #38B544 #386BB5

split-complementary

#B538A9 #6BB538 #38B583

monochromatic

#581B52 #862A7D #B538A9 #CD5DC2 #DB8CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B538A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B538A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538A9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538A9	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3162AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.203 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c3',
    500: '#b538a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538a9;
$custom-light: #cf79c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.76,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56403,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.15517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538A9

secondary

#83C689

accent

#DC5A4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538A9

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

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