#B37BE5#B37BE5

#B37BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.160 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BE5
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 46.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 41.61, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 61.82, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0963 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.16 307)
XYZ	xyz(39.8134, 29.4071, 77.6923)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BE5 #ADE57B

analogous

#7E7BE5 #B37BE5 #E57BE2

triadic

#B37BE5 #E5B37B #7BE5B3

tetradic

#B37BE5 #E57E7B #ADE57B #7BE2E5

square

#B37BE5 #E57E7B #ADE57B #7BE2E5

split-complementary

#B37BE5 #E2E57B #7BE57E

monochromatic

#7726C0 #9648DB #B37BE5 #D0AEEF #EEE1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B37BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#B37BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BE5

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BE5	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6091E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.160 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca2ed',
    500: '#b37be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37be5;
$custom-light: #cca2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68206,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.29407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BE5

secondary

#DDEDCE

accent

#CF176E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BE5

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

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