#B542E2#B542E2

#B542E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.239 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B542E2
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 68.94, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 91.59, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.1677 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.239 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7295, 19.2124, 73.8157)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B542E2 #6FE242

analogous

#6542E2 #B542E2 #E242BF

triadic

#B542E2 #E2B542 #42E2B5

tetradic

#B542E2 #E26542 #6FE242 #42BFE2

square

#B542E2 #E26542 #6FE242 #42BFE2

split-complementary

#B542E2 #BFE242 #42E265

monochromatic

#701793 #981FC8 #B542E2 #CA77EA #DFACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B542E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B542E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B542E2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B542E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B542E2	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b542e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.239 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d080ec',
    500: '#b542e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b542e2;
$custom-light: #d080ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b542e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60748,
    "c": 0.23877,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B542E2

secondary

#B2E09F

accent

#F0386C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B542E2

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

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