#B37BBD#B37BBD

#B37BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BBD
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 33.04, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 42.03, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0886 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.114 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8576, 27.4248, 51.5916)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BBD #85BD7B

analogous

#927BBD #B37BBD #BD7BA6

triadic

#B37BBD #BDB37B #7BBDB3

tetradic

#B37BBD #BD927B #85BD7B #7BA6BD

square

#B37BBD #BD927B #85BD7B #7BA6BD

split-complementary

#B37BBD #A6BD7B #7BBD92

monochromatic

#753F7E #9B54A7 #B37BBD #CAA4D1 #E2CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B37BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B37BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BBD

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BBD	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa2d1',
    500: '#b37bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37bbd;
$custom-light: #caa2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66291,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BBD

secondary

#C1D6BE

accent

#AC394B

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F9

border

#D1CDD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BBD

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

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