#B837B8#B837B8

#B837B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.217 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B8
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 66.01, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 78.05, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1841 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.217 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7847, 16.3855, 46.9321)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B8 #37B837

analogous

#7837B8 #B837B8 #B83778

triadic

#B837B8 #B8B837 #37B8B8

tetradic

#B837B8 #B87837 #37B837 #3778B8

square

#B837B8 #B87837 #37B837 #3778B8

split-complementary

#B837B8 #78B837 #37B878

monochromatic

#5A1B5A #892989 #B837B8 #CF5DCF #DD8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B837B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B837B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B8	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2166BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5976B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.217 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ace',
    500: '#b837b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b8;
$custom-light: #d17ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.21722,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B8

secondary

#84C784

accent

#DD4A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B8

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

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