#B738D9#B738D9

#B738D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.242 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B738D9
RGB	rgb(183, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 71.24, -57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 91.65, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1804 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.242 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4652, 17.9069, 67.3258)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B738D9 #5AD938

analogous

#6638D9 #B738D9 #D938AA

triadic

#B738D9 #D9B738 #38D9B7

tetradic

#B738D9 #D96638 #5AD938 #38AAD9

square

#B738D9 #D96638 #5AD938 #38AAD9

split-complementary

#B738D9 #AAD938 #38D966

monochromatic

#69187E #9322B2 #B738D9 #CA6BE3 #DC9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B738D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B738D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B738D9

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B738D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B738D9	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b738d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.242 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17be5',
    500: '#b738d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b738d9;
$custom-light: #d17be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b738d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.329,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59522,
    "c": 0.24249,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B738D9

secondary

#A2D994

accent

#EB3D62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B738D9

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

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