#B738C3#B738C3

#B738C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.224 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738C3
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 67.30, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 82.17, 325.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1819 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.224 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7921, 16.8377, 53.2473)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738C3 #44C338

analogous

#7238C3 #B738C3 #C3388A

triadic

#B738C3 #C3B738 #38C3B7

tetradic

#B738C3 #C37238 #44C338 #388AC3

square

#B738C3 #C37238 #44C338 #388AC3

split-complementary

#B738C3 #8AC338 #38C372

monochromatic

#5E1D64 #8A2A93 #B738C3 #C965D3 #DA95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B738C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B738C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738C3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738C3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0668C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.224 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07bd6',
    500: '#b738c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738c3;
$custom-light: #d07bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.82,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58152,
    "c": 0.22437,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738C3

secondary

#91CC8B

accent

#DF4956

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738C3

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

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