#B37CD4#B37CD4

#B37CD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.138 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37CD4
RGB	rgb(179, 124, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 37.29, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 52.62, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0922 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.138 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6797, 28.7532, 65.8396)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37CD4 #9DD47C

analogous

#877CD4 #B37CD4 #D47CC9

triadic

#B37CD4 #D4B37C #7CD4B3

tetradic

#B37CD4 #D4877C #9DD47C #7CC9D4

square

#B37CD4 #D4877C #9DD47C #7CC9D4

split-complementary

#B37CD4 #C9D47C #7CD487

monochromatic

#7835A1 #984EC5 #B37CD4 #CEAAE3 #E8D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B37CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B37CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37CD4

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37CD4	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7893D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 124, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.138 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba3e1',
    500: '#b37cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37cd4;
$custom-light: #cba3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67514,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37CD4

secondary

#D2E4C7

accent

#BE2860

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37CD4

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

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