#B837AB#B837AB

#B837AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.207 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837AB
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 63.92, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 72.91, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1836 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.207 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4841, 15.8653, 40.0823)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837AB #37B844

analogous

#8537B8 #B837AB #B8376A

triadic

#B837AB #ABB837 #37ABB8

tetradic

#B837AB #B88537 #37B844 #376AB8

square

#B837AB #B88537 #37B844 #376AB8

split-complementary

#B837AB #6AB837 #37B885

monochromatic

#5A1B53 #89297F #B837AB #CF5DC3 #DD8DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B837AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B837AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837AB

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837AB	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3063AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0446D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.207 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179c4',
    500: '#b837ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837ab;
$custom-light: #d179c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.047,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56862,
    "c": 0.2073,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837AB

secondary

#84C78A

accent

#DD594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837AB

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

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