#B540C1#B540C1

#B540C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.212 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540C1
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 193)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 66.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 63.54, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 77.85, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.1716 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.212 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5142, 17.3426, 52.1819)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540C1 #4CC140

analogous

#7540C1 #B540C1 #C1408C

triadic

#B540C1 #C1B540 #40C1B5

tetradic

#B540C1 #C17540 #4CC140 #408CC1

square

#B540C1 #C17540 #4CC140 #408CC1

split-complementary

#B540C1 #8CC140 #40C175

monochromatic

#5F2166 #8B3094 #B540C1 #C76ED0 #D99CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B540C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B540C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B540C1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B540C1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5678BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.212 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ed4',
    500: '#b540c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540c1;
$custom-light: #cf7ed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.419,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5851,
    "c": 0.21234,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540C1

secondary

#97CB92

accent

#DA4D5A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540C1

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

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