#B538C7#B538C7

#B538C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.227 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538C7
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 67.58, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 83.82, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1795 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.227 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7780, 16.7774, 55.6390)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538C7 #4AC738

analogous

#6E38C7 #B538C7 #C73891

triadic

#B538C7 #C7B538 #38C7B5

tetradic

#B538C7 #C76E38 #4AC738 #3891C7

square

#B538C7 #C76E38 #4AC738 #3891C7

split-complementary

#B538C7 #91C738 #38C76E

monochromatic

#5E1D67 #8A2B97 #B538C7 #C768D4 #D998E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B538C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B538C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538C7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538C7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.227 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ad9',
    500: '#b538c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538c7;
$custom-light: #cf7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.448,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58111,
    "c": 0.22676,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538C7

secondary

#95CD8D

accent

#DF485B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538C7

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

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