#B837BE#B837BE

#B837BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.222 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837BE
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 67.01, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 80.50, 326.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1841 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.222 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4270, 16.6425, 50.3149)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837BE #3DBE37

analogous

#7437BE #B837BE #BE3781

triadic

#B837BE #BEB837 #37BEB8

tetradic

#B837BE #BE7437 #3DBE37 #3781BE

square

#B837BE #BE7437 #3DBE37 #3781BE

split-complementary

#B837BE #81BE37 #37BE74

monochromatic

#5C1C5F #8A298F #B837BE #CC61D1 #DB90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B837BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B837BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837BE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837BE	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1567C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5577BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.222 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad2',
    500: '#b837be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837be;
$custom-light: #d17ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57914,
    "c": 0.22194,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837BE

secondary

#8ACA87

accent

#DE4950

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837BE

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

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