#B37AEE#B37AEE

#B37AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.172 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37AEE
RGB	rgb(179, 122, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 48.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 44.22, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 67.01, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0988 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.172 305)
XYZ	xyz(40.9793, 29.6760, 84.4415)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37AEE #B5EE7A

analogous

#7A7BEE #B37AEE #ED7AEE

triadic

#B37AEE #EEB37A #7AEEB3

tetradic

#B37AEE #EE7A7B #B5EE7A #7AEEED

square

#B37AEE #EE7A7B #B5EE7A #7AEEED

split-complementary

#B37AEE #EEED7A #7BEE7A

monochromatic

#751BD3 #9444E7 #B37AEE #D2B0F5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B37AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B37AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37AEE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37AEE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5892F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6894EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 122, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.172 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca2f4',
    500: '#b37aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37aee;
$custom-light: #cca2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.29676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37AEE

secondary

#E2F2D2

accent

#DA0C75

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37AEE

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

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