#B542D6#B542D6

#B542D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.228 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542D6
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(287, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 66.62, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 86.18, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1688 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.228 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1401, 18.5767, 65.4453)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542D6 #63D642

analogous

#6B42D6 #B542D6 #D642AD

triadic

#B542D6 #D6B542 #42D6B5

tetradic

#B542D6 #D66B42 #63D642 #42ADD6

square

#B542D6 #D66B42 #63D642 #42ADD6

split-complementary

#B542D6 #ADD642 #42D66B

monochromatic

#6B1C82 #9427B4 #B542D6 #C974E1 #DCA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B542D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B542D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542D6

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542D6	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.228 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e3',
    500: '#b542d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542d6;
$custom-light: #cf80e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.622,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59977,
    "c": 0.22809,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542D6

secondary

#A9D99B

accent

#E74066

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542D6

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

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