#B540BA#B540BA

#B540BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.206 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540BA
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 62.30, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 74.87, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1714 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.206 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7518, 17.0376, 48.1664)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540BA #45BA40

analogous

#7840BA #B540BA #BA4082

triadic

#B540BA #BAB540 #40BAB5

tetradic

#B540BA #BA7840 #45BA40 #4082BA

square

#B540BA #BA7840 #45BA40 #4082BA

split-complementary

#B540BA #82BA40 #40BA78

monochromatic

#5C215F #89308C #B540BA #C86BCC #D999DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B540BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B540BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B540BA

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B540BA	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B69BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.206 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ecf',
    500: '#b540ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540ba;
$custom-light: #ce7ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.541,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58111,
    "c": 0.20647,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540BA

secondary

#91C88E

accent

#D84F55

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540BA

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

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