#B542DE#B542DE

#B542DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.235 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542DE
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 68.16, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 89.78, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1681 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.235 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1870, 18.9954, 70.9587)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542DE #6BDE42

analogous

#6742DE #B542DE #DE42B9

triadic

#B542DE #DEB542 #42DEB5

tetradic

#B542DE #DE6742 #6BDE42 #42B9DE

square

#B542DE #DE6742 #6BDE42 #42B9DE

split-complementary

#B542DE #B9DE42 #42DE67

monochromatic

#6E198D #9722C1 #B542DE #C976E7 #DEAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B542DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B542DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542DE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542DE	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2628C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.235 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf80e9',
    500: '#b542de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542de;
$custom-light: #cf80e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.23519,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542DE

secondary

#AFDE9E

accent

#ED3B6A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542DE

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

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