#B540BF#B540BF

#B540BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.211 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540BF
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 63.18, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 76.99, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1715 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.211 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2926, 17.2540, 51.0149)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540BF #4ABF40

analogous

#7640BF #B540BF #BF4089

triadic

#B540BF #BFB540 #40BFB5

tetradic

#B540BF #BF7640 #4ABF40 #4089BF

square

#B540BF #BF7640 #4ABF40 #4089BF

split-complementary

#B540BF #89BF40 #40BF76

monochromatic

#5E2163 #8A3191 #B540BF #C76ECE #D99CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B540BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B540BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B540BF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B540BF	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#246AC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.211 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ed3',
    500: '#b540bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540bf;
$custom-light: #cf7ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.276,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58394,
    "c": 0.21066,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540BF

secondary

#95CA91

accent

#D94E59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540BF

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

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