#B738B8#B738B8

#B738B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.216 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B738B8
RGBrgb(183, 56, 184)
HSLhsl(300, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(47.44, 65.44, -41.70)
CIE-LCHlch(47.44, 77.59, 327.49°)
OKLaboklab(57.51% 0.182 -0.1155)
OKLCHoklch(57.51% 0.216 327.6)
XYZxyz(29.5939, 16.3584, 46.9369)
Luminance0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B738B8 #39B838
analogous
#7738B8 #B738B8 #B83879
triadic
#B738B8 #B8B738 #38B8B7
tetradic
#B738B8 #B87738 #39B838 #3879B8
square
#B738B8 #B87738 #39B838 #3879B8
split-complementary
#B738B8 #79B838 #38B877
monochromatic
#5A1B5A #882A89 #B738B8 #CD5FCE #DC8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92
#B738B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27
#B738B8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738B8
4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B738B8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B738B81.004.924.274.92
#FFFFFF4.921.0021.001.00
#0000004.2721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2166BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5876B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC4B74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b738b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.216 327.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07ace',
    500: '#b738b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b738b8;
$custom-light: #d07ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b738b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.21559,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B738B8
secondary
#85C785
accent
#DD4B4C
background
#FDF7FC
surface
#FAEEF9
border
#D3C9D2
text
#140A13
muted
#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738B8

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#B738B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva