#B542D3#B542D3

#B542D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.225 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542D3
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 66.06, -53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 84.84, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.169 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.225 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7605, 18.4248, 63.4461)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542D3 #60D342

analogous

#6D42D3 #B542D3 #D342A9

triadic

#B542D3 #D3B542 #42D3B5

tetradic

#B542D3 #D36D42 #60D342 #42A9D3

square

#B542D3 #D36D42 #60D342 #42A9D3

split-complementary

#B542D3 #A9D342 #42D36D

monochromatic

#6A1D7D #9329AF #B542D3 #C874DF #DCA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B542D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B542D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542D3

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542D3	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.225 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e1',
    500: '#b542d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542d3;
$custom-light: #cf80e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5979,
    "c": 0.22545,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542D3

secondary

#A6D79A

accent

#E54264

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542D3

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

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