#B836C3#B836C3

#B836C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.227 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836C3
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 68.20, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 82.98, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1849 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.227 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9359, 16.7708, 53.2268)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836C3 #41C336

analogous

#7236C3 #B836C3 #C33688

triadic

#B836C3 #C3B836 #36C3B8

tetradic

#B836C3 #C37236 #41C336 #3688C3

square

#B836C3 #C37236 #41C336 #3688C3

split-complementary

#B836C3 #88C336 #36C372

monochromatic

#5E1B63 #8B2993 #B836C3 #CB63D4 #DB92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B836C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B836C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836C3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836C3	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.227 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad6',
    500: '#b836c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836c3;
$custom-light: #d17ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58122,
    "c": 0.22699,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836C3

secondary

#8ECC89

accent

#E04854

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836C3

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

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