#B837A4#B837A4

#B837A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.202 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837A4
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(309, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 62.84, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 70.28, 333.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.183 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.202 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8345, 15.6054, 36.6609)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837A4 #37B84B

analogous

#8C37B8 #B837A4 #B83764

triadic

#B837A4 #A4B837 #37A4B8

tetradic

#B837A4 #B88C37 #37B84B #3764B8

square

#B837A4 #B88C37 #37B84B #3764B8

split-complementary

#B837A4 #64B837 #37B88C

monochromatic

#5A1B50 #89297A #B837A4 #CF5DBD #DD8DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B837A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B837A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837A4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837A4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3662A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6375A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.202 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179bf',
    500: '#b837a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837a4;
$custom-light: #d179bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.302,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56501,
    "c": 0.20216,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837A4

secondary

#84C78E

accent

#DD614A

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837A4

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

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