#B437BD#B437BD

#B437BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.219 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B437BD
RGB	rgb(180, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 65.97, -45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 79.95, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1797 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.219 325)
XYZ	xyz(29.3732, 16.1117, 49.6970)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B437BD #40BD37

analogous

#7137BD #B437BD #BD3783

triadic

#B437BD #BDB437 #37BDB4

tetradic

#B437BD #BD7137 #40BD37 #3783BD

square

#B437BD #BD7137 #40BD37 #3783BD

split-complementary

#B437BD #83BD37 #37BD71

monochromatic

#5A1B5E #87298E #B437BD #C960D1 #D990DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B437BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B437BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B437BD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B437BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B437BD	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1166C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5275BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b437bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.219 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad1',
    500: '#b437bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b437bd;
$custom-light: #ce7ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b437bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57281,
    "c": 0.21928,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.1611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B437BD

secondary

#8BC986

accent

#DE4A54

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B437BD

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

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