#B538BC#B538BC

#B538BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.218 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538BC
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 65.67, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 79.16, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1799 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.218 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5467, 16.2849, 49.1542)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538BC #3FBC38

analogous

#7338BC #B538BC #BC3881

triadic

#B538BC #BCB538 #38BCB5

tetradic

#B538BC #BC7338 #3FBC38 #3881BC

square

#B538BC #BC7338 #3FBC38 #3881BC

split-complementary

#B538BC #81BC38 #38BC73

monochromatic

#5A1C5E #882A8D #B538BC #CA61D0 #DA90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B538BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B538BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538BC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538BC	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1866C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5476B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.218 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad1',
    500: '#b538bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538bc;
$custom-light: #cf7ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57455,
    "c": 0.21781,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538BC

secondary

#8AC987

accent

#DD4A52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538BC

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

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