#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
RGBrgb(183, 56, 214)
HSLhsl(288, 66%, 53%)
HSVhsv(288, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(14.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.19, 70.69, -56.25)
CIE-LCHlch(49.19, 90.34, 321.49°)
OKLaboklab(59.33% 0.1807 -0.1579)
OKLCHoklch(59.33% 0.24 318.8)
XYZxyz(33.0786, 17.7522, 65.2894)
Luminance0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##B738D61.004.624.554.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

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

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#B738D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva