#B836B4#B836B4

#B836B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.215 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B4
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 65.70, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 76.83, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.185 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.215 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3243, 16.1261, 44.7393)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B4 #36B83A

analogous

#7B36B8 #B836B4 #B83673

triadic

#B836B4 #B4B836 #36B4B8

tetradic

#B836B4 #B87B36 #36B83A #3673B8

square

#B836B4 #B87B36 #36B83A #3673B8

split-complementary

#B836B4 #73B836 #36B87B

monochromatic

#591A57 #892886 #B836B4 #CF5CCC #DD8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B836B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B836B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B4

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B4	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)

#2565B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.215 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179cb',
    500: '#b836b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b4;
$custom-light: #d179cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57259,
    "c": 0.21526,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B4

secondary

#82C785

accent

#DE4E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B4

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

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