#B437B8#B437B8

#B437B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.215 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B437B8
RGB	rgb(180, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 65.12, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 77.86, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1798 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.215 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8398, 15.8983, 46.8878)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B437B8 #3BB837

analogous

#7437B8 #B437B8 #B8377B

triadic

#B437B8 #B8B437 #37B8B4

tetradic

#B437B8 #B87437 #3BB837 #377BB8

square

#B437B8 #B87437 #3BB837 #377BB8

split-complementary

#B437B8 #7BB837 #37B874

monochromatic

#581B5A #862989 #B437B8 #CB5DCF #DA8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B437B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B437B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B437B8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B437B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B437B8	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5574B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b437b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.215 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79ce',
    500: '#b437b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b437b8;
$custom-light: #ce79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b437b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5699,
    "c": 0.21528,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B437B8

secondary

#86C784

accent

#DD4A4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B437B8

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

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