#B738D5#B738D5

#B738D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.239 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738D5
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 70.51, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 89.90, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1808 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.239 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9513, 17.7013, 64.6189)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738D5 #56D538

analogous

#6838D5 #B738D5 #D538A4

triadic

#B738D5 #D5B738 #38D5B7

tetradic

#B738D5 #D56838 #56D538 #38A4D5

square

#B738D5 #D56838 #56D538 #38A4D5

split-complementary

#B738D5 #A4D538 #38D568

monochromatic

#671A79 #9224AC #B738D5 #C96BE0 #DC9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B738D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B738D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738D5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738D5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.239 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17be3',
    500: '#b738d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738d5;
$custom-light: #d17be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.535,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59264,
    "c": 0.23915,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738D5

secondary

#9FD692

accent

#E84060

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738D5

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

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