#B538B7#B538B7

#B538B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.214 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538B7
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 64.82, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 77.09, 327.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1799 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.214 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0170, 16.0730, 46.3646)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538B7 #3AB738

analogous

#7638B7 #B538B7 #B7387A

triadic

#B538B7 #B7B538 #38B7B5

tetradic

#B538B7 #B77638 #3AB738 #387AB7

square

#B538B7 #B77638 #3AB738 #387AB7

split-complementary

#B538B7 #7AB738 #38B776

monochromatic

#581B59 #872A88 #B538B7 #CC5ECE #DB8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B538B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B538B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538B7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538B7	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2165BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.214 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7acd',
    500: '#b538b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538b7;
$custom-light: #cf7acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.055,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.21381,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538B7

secondary

#85C784

accent

#DD4B4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538B7

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

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