#B37BCD#B37BCD

#B37BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.132 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BCD
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 40%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 36.34, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 49.77, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0923 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.132 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6911, 28.1582, 61.2480)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BCD #95CD7B

analogous

#8A7BCD #B37BCD #CD7BBE

triadic

#B37BCD #CDB37B #7BCDB3

tetradic

#B37BCD #CD8A7B #95CD7B #7BBECD

square

#B37BCD #CD8A7B #95CD7B #7BBECD

split-complementary

#B37BCD #BECD7B #7BCD8A

monochromatic

#783895 #994FBC #B37BCD #CDA7DE #E6D4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B37BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B37BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BCD

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BCD	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.132 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba2dc',
    500: '#b37bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37bcd;
$custom-light: #cba2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67013,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BCD

secondary

#CDE0C4

accent

#B82D59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F3FB

border

#D2CDD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BCD

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

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