#B836B3#B836B3

#B836B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.214 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B3
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 65.54, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 76.43, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.185 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.214 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2228, 16.0855, 44.2048)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B3 #36B83B

analogous

#7C36B8 #B836B3 #B83672

triadic

#B836B3 #B3B836 #36B3B8

tetradic

#B836B3 #B87C36 #36B83B #3672B8

square

#B836B3 #B87C36 #36B83B #3672B8

split-complementary

#B836B3 #72B836 #36B87C

monochromatic

#591A57 #892885 #B836B3 #CF5CCB #DD8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B836B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B836B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B3	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2664B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.214 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179ca',
    500: '#b836b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b3;
$custom-light: #d179ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57204,
    "c": 0.21449,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B3

secondary

#82C785

accent

#DE504A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B3

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

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