#B538AC#B538AC

#B538AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.205 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538AC
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 63.01, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 72.66, 330.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1795 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.205 331)
XYZ	xyz(27.9166, 15.6328, 40.5688)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538AC #38B541

analogous

#8038B5 #B538AC #B5386E

triadic

#B538AC #ACB538 #38ACB5

tetradic

#B538AC #B58038 #38B541 #386EB5

square

#B538AC #B58038 #38B541 #386EB5

split-complementary

#B538AC #6EB538 #38B580

monochromatic

#581B53 #862A80 #B538AC #CD5DC5 #DB8CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B538AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B538AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538AC

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538AC	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E63AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.205 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf79c5',
    500: '#b538ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538ac;
$custom-light: #cf79c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.32,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56562,
    "c": 0.20523,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.15631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538AC

secondary

#83C688

accent

#DC564C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538AC

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

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