#B37BE4#B37BE4

#B37BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.159 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BE4
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 46.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 41.39, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 61.31, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0962 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.159 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6742, 29.3515, 76.9591)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BE4 #ACE47B

analogous

#7F7BE4 #B37BE4 #E47BE1

triadic

#B37BE4 #E4B37B #7BE4B3

tetradic

#B37BE4 #E47F7B #ACE47B #7BE1E4

square

#B37BE4 #E47F7B #ACE47B #7BE1E4

split-complementary

#B37BE4 #E1E47B #7BE47F

monochromatic

#7727BE #9648DA #B37BE4 #D0AEEE #EEE1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B37BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B37BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BE4

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BE4	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.159 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca2ed',
    500: '#b37be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37be4;
$custom-light: #cca2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68154,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BE4

secondary

#DCEDCE

accent

#CE186D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BE4

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

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