#B836DD#B836DD

#B836DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.248 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B836DD
RGB	rgb(184, 54, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 72.83, -59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 94.14, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1828 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.248 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1356, 18.0506, 70.0786)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B836DD #5BDD36

analogous

#6536DD #B836DD #DD36AE

triadic

#B836DD #DDB836 #36DDB8

tetradic

#B836DD #DD6536 #5BDD36 #36AEDD

square

#B836DD #DD6536 #5BDD36 #36AEDD

split-complementary

#B836DD #AEDD36 #36DD65

monochromatic

#6A1683 #951FB7 #B836DD #CA6AE6 #DD9FEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B836DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B836DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B836DD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B836DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B836DD	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b836dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 54, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.248 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27be8',
    500: '#b836dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b836dd;
$custom-light: #d27be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b836dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.707,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59757,
    "c": 0.24816,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B836DD

secondary

#A4DB94

accent

#EE3A62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B836DD

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

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