#B538C1#B538C1

#B538C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.222 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538C1
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 66.53, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 81.26, 324.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1798 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.222 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0950, 16.5042, 52.0422)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538C1 #44C138

analogous

#7138C1 #B538C1 #C13889

triadic

#B538C1 #C1B538 #38C1B5

tetradic

#B538C1 #C17138 #44C138 #3889C1

square

#B538C1 #C17138 #44C138 #3889C1

split-complementary

#B538C1 #89C138 #38C171

monochromatic

#5C1C62 #892A92 #B538C1 #C864D2 #D994E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B538C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B538C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538C1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538C1	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0967C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5176BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.222 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad4',
    500: '#b538c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538c1;
$custom-light: #cf7ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.745,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57749,
    "c": 0.22185,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538C1

secondary

#90CB8A

accent

#DE4956

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538C1

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

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