#B837AA#B837AA

#B837AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.207 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837AA
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 63.77, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 72.53, 331.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1835 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.207 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3892, 15.8273, 39.5822)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837AA #37B845

analogous

#8637B8 #B837AA #B83769

triadic

#B837AA #AAB837 #37AAB8

tetradic

#B837AA #B88637 #37B845 #3769B8

square

#B837AA #B88637 #37B845 #3769B8

split-complementary

#B837AA #69B837 #37B886

monochromatic

#5A1B53 #89297E #B837AA #CF5DC2 #DD8DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B837AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B837AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837AA

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837AA	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3163AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0446C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.207 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179c3',
    500: '#b837aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837aa;
$custom-light: #d179c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.512,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.20656,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837AA

secondary

#84C78B

accent

#DD5A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837AA

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

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