#B37BEE#B37BEE

#B37BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.171 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37BEE
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 43.68, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 66.40, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0974 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.171 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1027, 29.9229, 84.4827)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37BEE #B6EE7B

analogous

#7B7CEE #B37BEE #EC7BEE

triadic

#B37BEE #EEB37B #7BEEB3

tetradic

#B37BEE #EE7B7C #B6EE7B #7BEEEC

square

#B37BEE #EE7B7C #B6EE7B #7BEEEC

split-complementary

#B37BEE #EEEC7B #7CEE7B

monochromatic

#751BD3 #9445E7 #B37BEE #D2B1F5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B37BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#B37BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37BEE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37BEE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A93F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6995EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.171 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca2f4',
    500: '#b37bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37bee;
$custom-light: #cca2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68687,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37BEE

secondary

#E3F2D3

accent

#D90C75

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37BEE

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

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