#B538BF#B538BF

#B538BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.220 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538BF
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 66.18, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 80.42, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1798 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.22 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8735, 16.4156, 50.8752)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538BF #42BF38

analogous

#7238BF #B538BF #BF3885

triadic

#B538BF #BFB538 #38BFB5

tetradic

#B538BF #BF7238 #42BF38 #3885BF

square

#B538BF #BF7238 #42BF38 #3885BF

split-complementary

#B538BF #85BF38 #38BF72

monochromatic

#5B1C60 #882A90 #B538BF #C963D1 #D992DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B538BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B538BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538BF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538BF	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1067C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.220 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad3',
    500: '#b538bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538bf;
$custom-light: #cf7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57631,
    "c": 0.22023,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538BF

secondary

#8ECA89

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538BF

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

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