#B538DA#B538DA

#B538DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.243 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B538DA
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 218)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 74.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 71.04, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 92.11, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1779 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.243 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1232, 17.7155, 67.9907)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B538DA #5DDA38

analogous

#6438DA #B538DA #DA38AE

triadic

#B538DA #DAB538 #38DAB5

tetradic

#B538DA #DA6438 #5DDA38 #38AEDA

square

#B538DA #DA6438 #5DDA38 #38AEDA

split-complementary

#B538DA #AEDA38 #38DA64

monochromatic

#681880 #9221B3 #B538DA #C86CE4 #DB9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#B538DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B538DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B538DA

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B538DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B538DA	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b538da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.243 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07be6',
    500: '#b538da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b538da;
$custom-light: #d07be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b538da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.296,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59317,
    "c": 0.2426,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B538DA

secondary

#A4DA94

accent

#EB3C64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B538DA

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

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