#B836B2#B836B2

#B836B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.214 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B2
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 65.38, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 76.04, 329.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.185 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.214 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1220, 16.0452, 43.6741)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B2 #36B83C

analogous

#7D36B8 #B836B2 #B83671

triadic

#B836B2 #B2B836 #36B2B8

tetradic

#B836B2 #B87D36 #36B83C #3671B8

square

#B836B2 #B87D36 #36B83C #3671B8

split-complementary

#B836B2 #71B836 #36B87D

monochromatic

#591A56 #892884 #B836B2 #CF5CCA #DD8BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B836B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B836B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B2	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2764B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C76AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.214 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179c9',
    500: '#b836b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b2;
$custom-light: #d179c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57149,
    "c": 0.21373,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B2

secondary

#82C786

accent

#DE514A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B2

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

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