#B538D5#B538D5

#B538D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.238 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538D5
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 70.11, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 89.91, 321.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1784 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.238 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4788, 17.4577, 64.5968)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538D5 #58D538

analogous

#6738D5 #B538D5 #D538A6

triadic

#B538D5 #D5B538 #38D5B5

tetradic

#B538D5 #D56738 #58D538 #38A6D5

square

#B538D5 #D56738 #58D538 #38A6D5

split-complementary

#B538D5 #A6D538 #38D567

monochromatic

#661A79 #9024AC #B538D5 #C86BE0 #DB9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B538D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B538D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538D5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538D5	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.238 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7be3',
    500: '#b538d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538d5;
$custom-light: #cf7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.771,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.23839,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538D5

secondary

#A0D692

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538D5

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

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