#B837B7#B837B7

#B837B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.216 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B7
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 65.85, -41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 77.64, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1841 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.216 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6802, 16.3437, 46.3820)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B7 #37B838

analogous

#7937B8 #B837B7 #B83777

triadic

#B837B7 #B7B837 #37B7B8

tetradic

#B837B7 #B87937 #37B838 #3777B8

square

#B837B7 #B87937 #37B838 #3777B8

split-complementary

#B837B7 #77B837 #37B879

monochromatic

#5A1B59 #892988 #B837B7 #CF5DCE #DD8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B837B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B837B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B7

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B7	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2266BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5976B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.216 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acd',
    500: '#b837b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b7;
$custom-light: #d17acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.465,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.21644,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B7

secondary

#84C784

accent

#DD4C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B7

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

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