#B538AA#B538AA

#B538AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.204 H 331.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538AA
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 62.69, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 71.88, 330.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1793 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.204 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7259, 15.5566, 39.5648)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538AA #38B543

analogous

#8238B5 #B538AA #B5386C

triadic

#B538AA #AAB538 #38AAB5

tetradic

#B538AA #B58238 #38B543 #386CB5

square

#B538AA #B58238 #38B543 #386CB5

split-complementary

#B538AA #6CB538 #38B582

monochromatic

#581B52 #862A7E #B538AA #CD5DC3 #DB8CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B538AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B538AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538AA

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538AA	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3063AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.204 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c3',
    500: '#b538aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538aa;
$custom-light: #cf79c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.28,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56455,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538AA

secondary

#83C689

accent

#DC584C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538AA

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

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