#B538D1#B538D1

#B538D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.235 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538D1
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 69.38, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 88.15, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1788 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.235 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9774, 17.2571, 61.9558)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538D1 #54D138

analogous

#6938D1 #B538D1 #D138A0

triadic

#B538D1 #D1B538 #38D1B5

tetradic

#B538D1 #D16938 #54D138 #38A0D1

square

#B538D1 #D16938 #54D138 #38A0D1

split-complementary

#B538D1 #A0D138 #38D169

monochromatic

#641B74 #8E26A6 #B538D1 #C76ADC #DA9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B538D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B538D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538D1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538D1	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4478CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.235 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be0',
    500: '#b538d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538d1;
$custom-light: #cf7be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.02,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58735,
    "c": 0.23505,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538D1

secondary

#9DD491

accent

#E64260

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538D1

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

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