#B542DC#B542DC

#B542DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.233 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542DC
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 67.78, -57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 88.88, 319.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1683 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.233 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9205, 18.8888, 69.5554)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542DC #69DC42

analogous

#6842DC #B542DC #DC42B6

triadic

#B542DC #DCB542 #42DCB5

tetradic

#B542DC #DC6842 #69DC42 #42B6DC

square

#B542DC #DC6842 #69DC42 #42B6DC

split-complementary

#B542DC #B6DC42 #42DC68

monochromatic

#6E1A8A #9723BE #B542DC #C976E6 #DDA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B542DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B542DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542DC

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542DC	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.233 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e8',
    500: '#b542dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542dc;
$custom-light: #cf80e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.805,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60358,
    "c": 0.23341,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542DC

secondary

#ADDD9D

accent

#EC3C69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542DC

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

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