#B738C8#B738C8

#B738C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.228 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738C8
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 68.18, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 84.29, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1817 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.228 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3669, 17.0676, 56.2746)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738C8 #49C838

analogous

#6F38C8 #B738C8 #C83891

triadic

#B738C8 #C8B738 #38C8B7

tetradic

#B738C8 #C86F38 #49C838 #3891C8

square

#B738C8 #C86F38 #49C838 #3891C8

split-complementary

#B738C8 #91C838 #38C86F

monochromatic

#601D69 #8C2A99 #B738C8 #C868D5 #DA98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B738C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B738C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738C8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738C8	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.228 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07bd9',
    500: '#b738c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738c8;
$custom-light: #d07bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58452,
    "c": 0.22843,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738C8

secondary

#95CE8E

accent

#E0485A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738C8

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

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