#B836C5#B836C5

#B836C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.229 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836C5
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 68.55, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 83.82, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1849 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.229 324)
XYZ	xyz(31.1635, 16.8618, 54.4257)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836C5 #43C536

analogous

#7036C5 #B836C5 #C5368B

triadic

#B836C5 #C5B836 #36C5B8

tetradic

#B836C5 #C57036 #43C536 #368BC5

square

#B836C5 #C57036 #43C536 #368BC5

split-complementary

#B836C5 #8BC536 #36C570

monochromatic

#5E1C65 #8B2995 #B836C5 #CA64D4 #DB94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B836C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B836C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836C5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836C5	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5077C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.229 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad7',
    500: '#b836c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836c5;
$custom-light: #d17ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58241,
    "c": 0.2286,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836C5

secondary

#90CD8A

accent

#E04855

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836C5

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

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