#B836B9#B836B9

#B836B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.219 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836B9
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 66.52, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 78.85, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1851 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.219 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8429, 16.3336, 47.4704)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836B9 #37B936

analogous

#7736B9 #B836B9 #B93679

triadic

#B836B9 #B9B836 #36B9B8

tetradic

#B836B9 #B97736 #37B936 #3679B9

square

#B836B9 #B97736 #37B936 #3679B9

split-complementary

#B836B9 #79B936 #36B977

monochromatic

#5A1A5A #89288A #B836B9 #CF5DD0 #DD8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B836B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B836B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836B9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836B9	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D66BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5876B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.219 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179ce',
    500: '#b836b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836b9;
$custom-light: #d179ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.542,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5754,
    "c": 0.21912,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836B9

secondary

#84C883

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836B9

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

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