#B540CF#B540CF

#B540CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.224 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540CF
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 66.08, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 83.95, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1712 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.224 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1505, 17.9971, 60.7997)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540CF #5ACF40

analogous

#6D40CF #B540CF #CF40A1

triadic

#B540CF #CFB540 #40CFB5

tetradic

#B540CF #CF6D40 #5ACF40 #40A1CF

square

#B540CF #CF6D40 #5ACF40 #40A1CF

split-complementary

#B540CF #A1CF40 #40CF6D

monochromatic

#671E77 #912AA8 #B540CF #C871DB #DBA2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B540CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B540CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B540CF

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B540CF	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.224 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7fde',
    500: '#b540cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540cf;
$custom-light: #cf7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59345,
    "c": 0.22434,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540CF

secondary

#A2D497

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540CF

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

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