#B738D1#B738D1

#B738D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.236 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738D1
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 69.78, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 88.16, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1811 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.236 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4498, 17.5007, 61.9780)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738D1 #52D138

analogous

#6B38D1 #B738D1 #D1389F

triadic

#B738D1 #D1B738 #38D1B7

tetradic

#B738D1 #D16B38 #52D138 #389FD1

square

#B738D1 #D16B38 #52D138 #389FD1

split-complementary

#B738D1 #9FD138 #38D16B

monochromatic

#651B74 #9026A6 #B738D1 #C96ADC #DB9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#B738D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B738D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738D1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738D1	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4778CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.236 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17be0',
    500: '#b738d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738d1;
$custom-light: #d17be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.804,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5901,
    "c": 0.23584,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738D1

secondary

#9CD491

accent

#E6425E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738D1

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

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