#B738BD#B738BD

#B738BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.220 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738BD
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 66.28, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 79.65, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1821 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.22 326)
XYZ	xyz(30.1273, 16.5717, 49.7461)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738BD #3EBD38

analogous

#7438BD #B738BD #BD3880

triadic

#B738BD #BDB738 #38BDB7

tetradic

#B738BD #BD7438 #3EBD38 #3880BD

square

#B738BD #BD7438 #3EBD38 #3880BD

split-complementary

#B738BD #80BD38 #38BD74

monochromatic

#5C1C5F #892A8E #B738BD #CB62D0 #DB91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B738BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B738BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738BD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738BD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1967C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.220 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07ad1',
    500: '#b738bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738bd;
$custom-light: #d07ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.293,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.578,
    "c": 0.21955,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.1657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738BD

secondary

#8AC987

accent

#DE4A51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738BD

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

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