#B542CE#B542CE

#B542CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.221 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542CE
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 65.12, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 82.62, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1692 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.221 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1435, 18.1780, 60.1961)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542CE #5BCE42

analogous

#6F42CE #B542CE #CE42A1

triadic

#B542CE #CEB542 #42CEB5

tetradic

#B542CE #CE6F42 #5BCE42 #42A1CE

square

#B542CE #CE6F42 #5BCE42 #42A1CE

split-complementary

#B542CE #A1CE42 #42CE6F

monochromatic

#671F77 #912BA7 #B542CE #C873DB #DBA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B542CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B542CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542CE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542CE	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#046ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.221 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7fde',
    500: '#b542ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542ce;
$custom-light: #cf7fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59483,
    "c": 0.22106,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542CE

secondary

#A3D498

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542CE

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

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