#B837BD#B837BD

#B837BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.221 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837BD
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 66.84, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 80.09, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1841 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.221 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3181, 16.5989, 49.7413)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837BD #3CBD37

analogous

#7537BD #B837BD #BD377F

triadic

#B837BD #BDB837 #37BDB8

tetradic

#B837BD #BD7537 #3CBD37 #377FBD

square

#B837BD #BD7537 #3CBD37 #377FBD

split-complementary

#B837BD #7FBD37 #37BD75

monochromatic

#5C1B5E #8A298E #B837BD #CD60D1 #DC90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B837BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B837BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837BD

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837BD	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1867C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.221 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad1',
    500: '#b837bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837bd;
$custom-light: #d17ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.761,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57856,
    "c": 0.22115,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837BD

secondary

#89C986

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837BD

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

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