#B836B6#B836B6

#B836B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.217 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B6
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 66.03, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 77.63, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1851 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.217 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5295, 16.2082, 45.8201)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B6 #36B838

analogous

#7936B8 #B836B6 #B83675

triadic

#B836B6 #B6B836 #36B6B8

tetradic

#B836B6 #B87936 #36B838 #3675B8

square

#B836B6 #B87936 #36B838 #3675B8

split-complementary

#B836B6 #75B836 #36B879

monochromatic

#591A58 #892887 #B836B6 #CF5CCD #DD8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B836B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B836B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B6

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B6	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2265BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.217 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179cc',
    500: '#b836b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b6;
$custom-light: #d179cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57371,
    "c": 0.2168,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B6

secondary

#82C784

accent

#DE4C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →