#B542CD#B542CD

#B542CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.220 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542CD
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 64.93, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 82.18, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1692 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.22 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0224, 18.1295, 59.5584)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542CD #5ACD42

analogous

#6F42CD #B542CD #CD42A0

triadic

#B542CD #CDB542 #42CDB5

tetradic

#B542CD #CD6F42 #5ACD42 #42A0CD

square

#B542CD #CD6F42 #5ACD42 #42A0CD

split-complementary

#B542CD #A0CD42 #42CD6F

monochromatic

#671F76 #912CA6 #B542CD #C872DA #DBA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B542CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B542CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542CD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542CD	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#096ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.220 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7fdd',
    500: '#b542cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542cd;
$custom-light: #cf7fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.64,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59422,
    "c": 0.22019,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542CD

secondary

#A2D397

accent

#E14661

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542CD

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

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