#B538C0#B538C0

#B538C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.221 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538C0
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 66.35, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 80.84, 325.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1798 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.221 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9839, 16.4597, 51.4567)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538C0 #43C038

analogous

#7138C0 #B538C0 #C03887

triadic

#B538C0 #C0B538 #38C0B5

tetradic

#B538C0 #C07138 #43C038 #3887C0

square

#B538C0 #C07138 #43C038 #3887C0

split-complementary

#B538C0 #87C038 #38C071

monochromatic

#5C1C61 #882A91 #B538C0 #C964D2 #D993DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B538C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B538C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538C0

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538C0	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D67C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.221 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad3',
    500: '#b538c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538c0;
$custom-light: #cf7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.147,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.22104,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538C0

secondary

#8FCB89

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538C0

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

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