#B738C5#B738C5

#B738C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.226 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738C5
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 67.65, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 83.01, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1819 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.226 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0197, 16.9287, 54.4462)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738C5 #46C538

analogous

#7138C5 #B738C5 #C5388C

triadic

#B738C5 #C5B738 #38C5B7

tetradic

#B738C5 #C57138 #46C538 #388CC5

square

#B738C5 #C57138 #46C538 #388CC5

split-complementary

#B738C5 #8CC538 #38C571

monochromatic

#5E1D66 #8B2A95 #B738C5 #C967D4 #DA96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B738C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B738C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738C5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738C5	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.226 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07bd7',
    500: '#b738c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738c5;
$custom-light: #d07bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.043,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58271,
    "c": 0.22599,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738C5

secondary

#93CD8C

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738C5

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

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