#B738C4#B738C4

#B738C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.225 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738C4
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 67.48, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 82.59, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1819 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.225 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9055, 16.8830, 53.8448)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738C4 #45C438

analogous

#7138C4 #B738C4 #C4388B

triadic

#B738C4 #C4B738 #38C4B7

tetradic

#B738C4 #C47138 #45C438 #388BC4

square

#B738C4 #C47138 #45C438 #388BC4

split-complementary

#B738C4 #8BC438 #38C471

monochromatic

#5E1D65 #8B2A94 #B738C4 #C966D3 #DA96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B738C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B738C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738C4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738C4	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0269C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.225 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07bd6',
    500: '#b738c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738c4;
$custom-light: #d07bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58211,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738C4

secondary

#92CC8C

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738C4

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

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