#B542E1#B542E1

#B542E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.238 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542E1
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 68.75, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 91.13, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1678 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.238 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5926, 19.1577, 73.0951)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542E1 #6EE142

analogous

#6542E1 #B542E1 #E142BE

triadic

#B542E1 #E1B542 #42E1B5

tetradic

#B542E1 #E16542 #6EE142 #42BEE1

square

#B542E1 #E16542 #6EE142 #42BEE1

split-complementary

#B542E1 #BEE142 #42E165

monochromatic

#701792 #981FC6 #B542E1 #CA77E9 #DEACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B542E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B542E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542E1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542E1	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.238 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d080eb',
    500: '#b542e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542e1;
$custom-light: #d080eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.396,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60683,
    "c": 0.23787,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542E1

secondary

#B1E09F

accent

#EF386B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542E1

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

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