#B836AD#B836AD

#B836AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.210 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836AD
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 64.59, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 74.08, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1847 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.21 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6292, 15.8481, 41.0782)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836AD #36B841

analogous

#8236B8 #B836AD #B8366C

triadic

#B836AD #ADB836 #36ADB8

tetradic

#B836AD #B88236 #36B841 #366CB8

square

#B836AD #B88236 #36B841 #366CB8

split-complementary

#B836AD #6CB836 #36B882

monochromatic

#591A54 #892881 #B836AD #CF5CC5 #DD8BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B836AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B836AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836AD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836AD	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E75AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.210 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179c6',
    500: '#b836ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836ad;
$custom-light: #d179c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56878,
    "c": 0.20995,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836AD

secondary

#82C788

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836AD

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

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