#B542D2#B542D2

#B542D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.225 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542D2
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 65.87, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 84.40, 321.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.169 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.225 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6356, 18.3748, 62.7879)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542D2 #5FD242

analogous

#6D42D2 #B542D2 #D242A7

triadic

#B542D2 #D2B542 #42D2B5

tetradic

#B542D2 #D26D42 #5FD242 #42A7D2

square

#B542D2 #D26D42 #5FD242 #42A7D2

split-complementary

#B542D2 #A7D242 #42D26D

monochromatic

#691E7C #9329AD #B542D2 #C873DE #DCA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B542D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B542D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542D2

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542D2	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.225 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e0',
    500: '#b542d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542d2;
$custom-light: #cf80e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59728,
    "c": 0.22457,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542D2

secondary

#A6D799

accent

#E54364

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542D2

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

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