#B37BDD#B37BDD

#B37BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.150 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BDD
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 44.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 39.82, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 57.77, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0952 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.15 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7221, 28.9706, 71.9446)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BDD #A5DD7B

analogous

#827BDD #B37BDD #DD7BD6

triadic

#B37BDD #DDB37B #7BDDB3

tetradic

#B37BDD #DD827B #A5DD7B #7BD6DD

square

#B37BDD #DD827B #A5DD7B #7BD6DD

split-complementary

#B37BDD #D6DD7B #7BDD82

monochromatic

#782DB0 #974AD0 #B37BDD #CFACEA #EBDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B37BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B37BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BDD

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BDD	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7393DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.150 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba2e8',
    500: '#b37bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37bdd;
$custom-light: #cba2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67794,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BDD

secondary

#D8E9CB

accent

#C71F67

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BDD

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

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