#B538D9#B538D9

#B538D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.242 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538D9
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 70.86, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 91.66, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.178 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.242 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9928, 17.6633, 67.3037)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538D9 #5CD938

analogous

#6438D9 #B538D9 #D938AC

triadic

#B538D9 #D9B538 #38D9B5

tetradic

#B538D9 #D96438 #5CD938 #38ACD9

square

#B538D9 #D96438 #5CD938 #38ACD9

split-complementary

#B538D9 #ACD938 #38D964

monochromatic

#68187E #9222B2 #B538D9 #C86BE3 #DB9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B538D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B538D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538D9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538D9	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.242 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07be5',
    500: '#b538d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538d9;
$custom-light: #d07be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.584,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.24175,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538D9

secondary

#A3D994

accent

#EB3D64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538D9

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

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