#B837AC#B837AC

#B837AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.208 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837AC
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 64.08, -35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 73.29, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1837 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.208 332)
XYZ	xyz(28.5798, 15.9036, 40.5862)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837AC #37B843

analogous

#8337B8 #B837AC #B8376C

triadic

#B837AC #ACB837 #37ACB8

tetradic

#B837AC #B88337 #37B843 #376CB8

square

#B837AC #B88337 #37B843 #376CB8

split-complementary

#B837AC #6CB837 #37B883

monochromatic

#5A1B54 #892980 #B837AC #CF5DC4 #DD8DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B837AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B837AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837AC

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837AC	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F63AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F75A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.208 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d179c5',
    500: '#b837ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837ac;
$custom-light: #d179c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56915,
    "c": 0.20804,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.15901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837AC

secondary

#84C78A

accent

#DD584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837AC

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

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