#B540BE#B540BE

#B540BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.210 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540BE
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 63.00, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 76.56, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1715 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.21 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1830, 17.2101, 50.4373)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540BE #49BE40

analogous

#7640BE #B540BE #BE4088

triadic

#B540BE #BEB540 #40BEB5

tetradic

#B540BE #BE7640 #49BE40 #4088BE

square

#B540BE #BE7640 #49BE40 #4088BE

split-complementary

#B540BE #88BE40 #40BE76

monochromatic

#5E2162 #893190 #B540BE #C76DCE #D99BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B540BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B540BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B540BE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B540BE	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.210 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ed2',
    500: '#b540be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540be;
$custom-light: #cf7ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58337,
    "c": 0.20981,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540BE

secondary

#94C990

accent

#D94F59

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540BE

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

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