#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
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 65.44, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 77.59, 327.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.182 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.216 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5939, 16.3584, 46.9369)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##B738B8	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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