#B437BE#B437BE

#B437BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.220 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B437BE
RGB	rgb(180, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 66.15, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 80.37, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1797 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.22 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4821, 16.1552, 50.2706)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B437BE #41BE37

analogous

#7137BE #B437BE #BE3784

triadic

#B437BE #BEB437 #37BEB4

tetradic

#B437BE #BE7137 #41BE37 #3784BE

square

#B437BE #BE7137 #41BE37 #3784BE

split-complementary

#B437BE #84BE37 #37BE71

monochromatic

#5A1C5F #87298F #B437BE #C961D1 #D990DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B437BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B437BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B437BE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B437BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B437BE	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E66C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b437be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.220 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ad2',
    500: '#b437be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b437be;
$custom-light: #ce7ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b437be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5734,
    "c": 0.22009,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B437BE

secondary

#8CCA87

accent

#DE4954

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B437BE

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

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