#B837C2#B837C2

#B837C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.225 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837C2
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 67.69, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 82.17, 325.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.184 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.225 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8702, 16.8197, 52.6490)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837C2 #41C237

analogous

#7337C2 #B837C2 #C23787

triadic

#B837C2 #C2B837 #37C2B8

tetradic

#B837C2 #C27337 #41C237 #3787C2

square

#B837C2 #C27337 #41C237 #3787C2

split-complementary

#B837C2 #87C237 #37C273

monochromatic

#5E1C63 #8B2992 #B837C2 #CB63D3 #DB93E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B837C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B837C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837C2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837C2	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0968C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5377BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.225 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad5',
    500: '#b837c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837c2;
$custom-light: #d17ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.683,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58148,
    "c": 0.22512,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837C2

secondary

#8ECB89

accent

#DF4953

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837C2

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

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