#B538BB#B538BB

#B538BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.217 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538BB
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 65.50, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 78.74, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1799 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.217 326)
XYZ	xyz(29.4393, 16.2419, 48.5885)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538BB #3EBB38

analogous

#7438BB #B538BB #BB387F

triadic

#B538BB #BBB538 #38BBB5

tetradic

#B538BB #BB7438 #3EBB38 #387FBB

square

#B538BB #BB7438 #3EBB38 #387FBB

split-complementary

#B538BB #7FBB38 #38BB74

monochromatic

#5A1C5D #872A8C #B538BB #CA61D0 #DA90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B538BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B538BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538BB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538BB	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A66BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5576B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.217 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad0',
    500: '#b538bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538bb;
$custom-light: #cf7ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.252,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57397,
    "c": 0.217,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.1624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538BB

secondary

#89C886

accent

#DD4B51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538BB

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

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