#B738BC#B738BC

#B738BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.219 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738BC
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 66.11, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 79.24, 326.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1821 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.219 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0191, 16.5285, 49.1764)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738BC #3DBC38

analogous

#7538BC #B738BC #BC387F

triadic

#B738BC #BCB738 #38BCB7

tetradic

#B738BC #BC7538 #3DBC38 #387FBC

square

#B738BC #BC7538 #3DBC38 #387FBC

split-complementary

#B738BC #7FBC38 #38BC75

monochromatic

#5B1C5E #892A8D #B738BC #CC61D0 #DB90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B738BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B738BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738BC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738BC	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.219 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07ad1',
    500: '#b738bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738bc;
$custom-light: #d07ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.21875,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738BC

secondary

#89C987

accent

#DD4A50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738BC

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

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