#B738D6#B738D6

#B738D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.240 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738D6
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 70.69, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 90.34, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1807 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.24 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0786, 17.7522, 65.2894)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738D6 #57D638

analogous

#6838D6 #B738D6 #D638A6

triadic

#B738D6 #D6B738 #38D6B7

tetradic

#B738D6 #D66838 #57D638 #38A6D6

square

#B738D6 #D66838 #57D638 #38A6D6

split-complementary

#B738D6 #A6D638 #38D668

monochromatic

#67197A #9224AD #B738D6 #C96BE0 #DC9DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#B738D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B738D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B738D6

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B738D6	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4279D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.240 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17be3',
    500: '#b738d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738d6;
$custom-light: #d17be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.228,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59328,
    "c": 0.23998,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738D6

secondary

#A0D793

accent

#E93F60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738D6

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

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