#B738B7#B738B7

#B738B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.215 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738B7
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 65.27, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 77.19, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.182 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.215 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4895, 16.3166, 46.3868)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738B7 #38B738

analogous

#7838B7 #B738B7 #B73878

triadic

#B738B7 #B7B738 #38B7B7

tetradic

#B738B7 #B77838 #38B738 #3878B7

square

#B738B7 #B77838 #38B738 #3878B7

split-complementary

#B738B7 #78B738 #38B778

monochromatic

#591B59 #882A88 #B738B7 #CE5ECE #DC8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B738B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B738B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738B7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738B7	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5976B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.215 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07acd',
    500: '#b738b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738b7;
$custom-light: #d07acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57458,
    "c": 0.21481,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738B7

secondary

#84C784

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738B7

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

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