#B836CD#B836CD

#B836CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.235 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836CD
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 69.94, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 87.21, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1844 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.235 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1046, 17.2383, 59.3820)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836CD #4BCD36

analogous

#6D36CD #B836CD #CD3696

triadic

#B836CD #CDB836 #36CDB8

tetradic

#B836CD #CD6D36 #4BCD36 #3696CD

square

#B836CD #CD6D36 #4BCD36 #3696CD

split-complementary

#B836CD #96CD36 #36CD6D

monochromatic

#621B6D #8E279E #B836CD #C967D9 #DB98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B836CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B836CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836CD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836CD	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA537F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.235 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17add',
    500: '#b836cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836cd;
$custom-light: #d17add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.656,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5873,
    "c": 0.23505,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836CD

secondary

#97D18E

accent

#E3445B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836CD

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

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