#B836C2#B836C2

#B836C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.226 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836C2
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 68.03, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 82.56, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.185 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.226 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8232, 16.7257, 52.6334)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836C2 #40C236

analogous

#7236C2 #B836C2 #C23686

triadic

#B836C2 #C2B836 #36C2B8

tetradic

#B836C2 #C27236 #40C236 #3686C2

square

#B836C2 #C27236 #40C236 #3686C2

split-complementary

#B836C2 #86C236 #36C272

monochromatic

#5D1B62 #8B2992 #B836C2 #CB62D3 #DB92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B836C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B836C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836C2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836C2	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0468C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.226 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad5',
    500: '#b836c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836c2;
$custom-light: #d17ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.22621,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836C2

secondary

#8DCC88

accent

#E04853

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836C2

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

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