#B836D9#B836D9

#B836D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.245 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836D9
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 72.10, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 92.40, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1833 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.245 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6090, 17.8400, 67.3053)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836D9 #57D936

analogous

#6636D9 #B836D9 #D936A8

triadic

#B836D9 #D9B836 #36D9B8

tetradic

#B836D9 #D96636 #57D936 #36A8D9

square

#B836D9 #D96636 #57D936 #36A8D9

split-complementary

#B836D9 #A8D936 #36D966

monochromatic

#68187D #9321B0 #B836D9 #CA69E3 #DC9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B836D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B836D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B836D9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B836D9	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.245 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27be5',
    500: '#b836d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836d9;
$custom-light: #d27be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.853,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59494,
    "c": 0.24486,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836D9

secondary

#A0D992

accent

#EB3D60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836D9

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

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