#B837B3#B837B3

#B837B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.213 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B3
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 65.19, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 76.03, 329.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.184 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.213 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2698, 16.1796, 44.2204)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B3 #37B83C

analogous

#7D37B8 #B837B3 #B83772

triadic

#B837B3 #B3B837 #37B3B8

tetradic

#B837B3 #B87D37 #37B83C #3772B8

square

#B837B3 #B87D37 #37B83C #3772B8

split-complementary

#B837B3 #72B837 #37B87D

monochromatic

#5A1B57 #892985 #B837B3 #CF5DCA #DD8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B837B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B837B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B3	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C76B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.213 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17aca',
    500: '#b837b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b3;
$custom-light: #d17aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.326,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57292,
    "c": 0.21336,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B3

secondary

#84C786

accent

#DD504A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B3

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

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