#B837B9#B837B9

#B837B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.218 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837B9
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 66.18, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 78.45, 327.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1841 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.218 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8899, 16.4276, 47.4861)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837B9 #38B937

analogous

#7737B9 #B837B9 #B93779

triadic

#B837B9 #B9B837 #37B9B8

tetradic

#B837B9 #B97737 #38B937 #3779B9

square

#B837B9 #B97737 #38B937 #3779B9

split-complementary

#B837B9 #79B937 #37B977

monochromatic

#5A1B5B #89298A #B837B9 #CE5ECF #DD8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B837B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B837B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837B9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837B9	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F66BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5877B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.218 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ace',
    500: '#b837b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837b9;
$custom-light: #d17ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57627,
    "c": 0.218,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837B9

secondary

#85C884

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837B9

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

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