#B538D2#B538D2

#B538D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.236 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538D2
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 210)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 69.56, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 88.59, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1787 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.236 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1016, 17.3068, 62.6099)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538D2 #55D238

analogous

#6838D2 #B538D2 #D238A2

triadic

#B538D2 #D2B538 #38D2B5

tetradic

#B538D2 #D26838 #55D238 #38A2D2

square

#B538D2 #D26838 #55D238 #38A2D2

split-complementary

#B538D2 #A2D238 #38D268

monochromatic

#641A75 #8F26A7 #B538D2 #C86ADD #DA9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B538D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B538D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538D2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538D2	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4378CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.236 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be0',
    500: '#b538d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538d2;
$custom-light: #cf7be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.701,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58798,
    "c": 0.23589,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538D2

secondary

#9ED591

accent

#E64261

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538D2

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

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