#B542DB#B542DB

#B542DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.233 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542DB
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 67.58, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 88.43, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1684 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.233 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7885, 18.8360, 68.8600)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542DB #68DB42

analogous

#6842DB #B542DB #DB42B4

triadic

#B542DB #DBB542 #42DBB5

tetradic

#B542DB #DB6842 #68DB42 #42B4DB

square

#B542DB #DB6842 #68DB42 #42B4DB

split-complementary

#B542DB #B4DB42 #42DB68

monochromatic

#6D1A89 #9624BC #B542DB #C975E5 #DDA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B542DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B542DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542DB

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542DB	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.233 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e7',
    500: '#b542db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542db;
$custom-light: #cf80e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.098,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60294,
    "c": 0.23253,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542DB

secondary

#ACDC9D

accent

#EB3D68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542DB

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

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