#B836B8#B836B8

#B836B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.218 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B8
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 66.36, -41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 78.44, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1851 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.218 328)
XYZ	xyz(29.7377, 16.2915, 46.9164)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B8 #36B836

analogous

#7736B8 #B836B8 #B83677

triadic

#B836B8 #B8B836 #36B8B8

tetradic

#B836B8 #B87736 #36B836 #3677B8

square

#B836B8 #B87736 #36B836 #3677B8

split-complementary

#B836B8 #77B836 #36B877

monochromatic

#591A59 #892889 #B836B8 #CF5CCF #DD8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B836B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B836B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B8	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5876B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.218 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179ce',
    500: '#b836b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b8;
$custom-light: #d179ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57483,
    "c": 0.21835,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.16289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B8

secondary

#82C782

accent

#DE4A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B8

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

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