#B538C3#B538C3

#B538C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.223 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538C3
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 66.88, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 82.11, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1797 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.223 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3197, 16.5940, 53.2252)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538C3 #46C338

analogous

#7038C3 #B538C3 #C3388C

triadic

#B538C3 #C3B538 #38C3B5

tetradic

#B538C3 #C37038 #46C338 #388CC3

square

#B538C3 #C37038 #46C338 #388CC3

split-complementary

#B538C3 #8CC338 #38C370

monochromatic

#5D1D64 #892A93 #B538C3 #C865D3 #D995E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B538C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B538C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538C3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538C3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0168C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.223 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad6',
    500: '#b538c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538c3;
$custom-light: #cf7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.957,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57869,
    "c": 0.22348,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538C3

secondary

#92CC8B

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538C3

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

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