#B837B4#B837B4

#B837B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.214 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B4
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 65.36, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 76.43, 328.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.184 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.214 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3713, 16.2202, 44.7550)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B4 #37B83B

analogous

#7B37B8 #B837B4 #B83774

triadic

#B837B4 #B4B837 #37B4B8

tetradic

#B837B4 #B87B37 #37B83B #3774B8

square

#B837B4 #B87B37 #37B83B #3774B8

split-complementary

#B837B4 #74B837 #37B87B

monochromatic

#5A1B58 #892986 #B837B4 #CF5DCB #DD8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B837B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B837B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B4

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B4	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2665B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.214 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acb',
    500: '#b837b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b4;
$custom-light: #d17acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.86,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57347,
    "c": 0.21412,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B4

secondary

#84C786

accent

#DD4F4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B4

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

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