#B538C8#B538C8

#B538C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.228 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538C8
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 67.76, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 84.25, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1795 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.228 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8945, 16.8240, 56.2524)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538C8 #4BC838

analogous

#6D38C8 #B538C8 #C83893

triadic

#B538C8 #C8B538 #38C8B5

tetradic

#B538C8 #C86D38 #4BC838 #3893C8

square

#B538C8 #C86D38 #4BC838 #3893C8

split-complementary

#B538C8 #93C838 #38C86D

monochromatic

#5F1D69 #8A2A99 #B538C8 #C768D5 #D998E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B538C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B538C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538C8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538C8	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7537D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.228 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7bd9',
    500: '#b538c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538c8;
$custom-light: #cf7bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58172,
    "c": 0.22758,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538C8

secondary

#96CE8E

accent

#E0485C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538C8

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

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