#B837B5#B837B5

#B837B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.215 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B5
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 65.52, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 76.83, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1841 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.215 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4736, 16.2611, 45.2934)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B5 #37B83A

analogous

#7A37B8 #B837B5 #B83775

triadic

#B837B5 #B5B837 #37B5B8

tetradic

#B837B5 #B87A37 #37B83A #3775B8

square

#B837B5 #B87A37 #37B83A #3775B8

split-complementary

#B837B5 #75B837 #37B87A

monochromatic

#5A1B58 #892987 #B837B5 #CF5DCC #DD8DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B837B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B837B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B5	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2565B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.215 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acb',
    500: '#b837b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b5;
$custom-light: #d17acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.395,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.2149,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B5

secondary

#84C785

accent

#DD4E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B5

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

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