#B542C8#B542C8

#B542C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.216 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542C8
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 64.01, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 79.98, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1693 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.216 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4285, 17.8920, 56.4304)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542C8 #55C842

analogous

#7242C8 #B542C8 #C84298

triadic

#B542C8 #C8B542 #42C8B5

tetradic

#B542C8 #C87242 #55C842 #4298C8

square

#B542C8 #C87242 #55C842 #4298C8

split-complementary

#B542C8 #98C842 #42C872

monochromatic

#64206F #8F2E9F #B542C8 #C871D6 #DAA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B542C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B542C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B542C8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B542C8	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#186DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.216 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7fd9',
    500: '#b542c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542c8;
$custom-light: #cf7fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.493,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.21583,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542C8

secondary

#9ED096

accent

#DE4A5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542C8

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

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