#B540ED#B540ED

#B540ED is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.251 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B540ED
RGB	rgb(181, 64, 237)
HSL	hsl(281, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 73%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 71.87, -65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 97.42, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.1682 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.251 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1727, 19.6060, 81.9832)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B540ED #78ED40

analogous

#5F40ED #B540ED #ED40CF

triadic

#B540ED #EDB540 #40EDB5

tetradic

#B540ED #ED5F40 #78ED40 #40CFED

square

#B540ED #ED5F40 #78ED40 #40CFED

split-complementary

#B540ED #CFED40 #40ED5F

monochromatic

#730FA3 #9B15DB #B540ED #CB78F2 #E0B0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B540ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B540ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B540ED

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B540ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B540ED	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b540ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 64, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.251 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d080f4',
    500: '#b540ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b540ed;
$custom-light: #d080f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b540ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.578,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61299,
    "c": 0.25076,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B540ED

secondary

#B8E6A2

accent

#F92F70

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFE

border

#D3CAD6

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B540ED

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

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