#B836B5#B836B5

#B836B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.216 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B5
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 65.87, -40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 77.23, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.185 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.216 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4265, 16.1670, 45.2778)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B5 #36B839

analogous

#7A36B8 #B836B5 #B83674

triadic

#B836B5 #B5B836 #36B5B8

tetradic

#B836B5 #B87A36 #36B839 #3674B8

square

#B836B5 #B87A36 #36B839 #3674B8

split-complementary

#B836B5 #74B836 #36B87A

monochromatic

#591A58 #892886 #B836B5 #CF5CCD #DD8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B836B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B836B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B5	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)

#2365B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.216 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179cb',
    500: '#b836b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b5;
$custom-light: #d179cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57315,
    "c": 0.21602,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B5

secondary

#82C784

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B5

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

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