#B540CE#B540CE

#B540CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.223 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540CE
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 65.90, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 83.51, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1713 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.223 320)
XYZ	xyz(32.0287, 17.9484, 60.1579)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540CE #59CE40

analogous

#6E40CE #B540CE #CE40A0

triadic

#B540CE #CEB540 #40CEB5

tetradic

#B540CE #CE6E40 #59CE40 #40A0CE

square

#B540CE #CE6E40 #59CE40 #40A0CE

split-complementary

#B540CE #A0CE40 #40CE6E

monochromatic

#661E75 #902BA6 #B540CE #C871DA #DBA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B540CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B540CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B540CE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B540CE	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.223 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7ede',
    500: '#b540ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540ce;
$custom-light: #cf7ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.437,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59284,
    "c": 0.22348,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.17947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540CE

secondary

#A1D496

accent

#E24561

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540CE

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

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