#B538B9#B538B9

#B538B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.215 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538B9
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 65.16, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 77.91, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1799 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.215 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2267, 16.1569, 47.4687)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538B9 #3CB938

analogous

#7538B9 #B538B9 #B9387C

triadic

#B538B9 #B9B538 #38B9B5

tetradic

#B538B9 #B97538 #3CB938 #387CB9

square

#B538B9 #B97538 #3CB938 #387CB9

split-complementary

#B538B9 #7CB938 #38B975

monochromatic

#591C5B #872A8A #B538B9 #CB5FCF #DB8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B538B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B538B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538B9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538B9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D66BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.215 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ace',
    500: '#b538b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538b9;
$custom-light: #cf7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57282,
    "c": 0.2154,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538B9

secondary

#87C885

accent

#DD4B4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538B9

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

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