#B540E2#B540E2

#B540E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.241 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540E2
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 69.70, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 92.44, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.1696 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.241 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6146, 18.9828, 73.7774)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540E2 #6DE240

analogous

#6440E2 #B540E2 #E240BE

triadic

#B540E2 #E2B540 #40E2B5

tetradic

#B540E2 #E26440 #6DE240 #40BEE2

square

#B540E2 #E26440 #6DE240 #40BEE2

split-complementary

#B540E2 #BEE240 #40E264

monochromatic

#6F1692 #981EC7 #B540E2 #CA75EA #DEAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B540E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B540E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B540E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B540E2	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.241 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07fec',
    500: '#b540e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540e2;
$custom-light: #d07fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60558,
    "c": 0.241,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540E2

secondary

#B0E09E

accent

#F0386B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540E2

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

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