#B542CF#B542CF

#B542CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.222 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542CF
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 65.30, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 83.06, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1691 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.222 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2653, 18.2267, 60.8379)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542CF #5CCF42

analogous

#6E42CF #B542CF #CF42A2

triadic

#B542CF #CFB542 #42CFB5

tetradic

#B542CF #CF6E42 #5CCF42 #42A2CF

square

#B542CF #CF6E42 #5CCF42 #42A2CF

split-complementary

#B542CF #A2CF42 #42CF6E

monochromatic

#681F78 #922BA9 #B542CF #C873DB #DBA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B542CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B542CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542CF

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542CF	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#006FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.222 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80de',
    500: '#b542cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542cf;
$custom-light: #cf80de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.936,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.22194,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542CF

secondary

#A3D598

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542CF

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

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