#B540AE#B540AE

#B540AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.197 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540AE
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 60.27, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 69.93, 329.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1708 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.197 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5293, 16.5486, 41.7278)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540AE #40B547

analogous

#8140B5 #B540AE #B54073

triadic

#B540AE #AEB540 #40AEB5

tetradic

#B540AE #B58140 #40B547 #4073B5

square

#B540AE #B58140 #40B547 #4073B5

split-complementary

#B540AE #73B540 #40B581

monochromatic

#5B2057 #883083 #B540AE #CA68C4 #DA96D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B540AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B540AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B540AE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B540AE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6077AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.197 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7dc6',
    500: '#b540ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540ae;
$custom-light: #ce7dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.19668,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540AE

secondary

#8BC58F

accent

#D75950

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540AE

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

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