#B837C3#B837C3

#B837C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.226 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837C3
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 67.86, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 82.59, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.184 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.226 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9829, 16.8648, 53.2425)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837C3 #42C337

analogous

#7237C3 #B837C3 #C33788

triadic

#B837C3 #C3B837 #37C3B8

tetradic

#B837C3 #C37237 #42C337 #3788C3

square

#B837C3 #C37237 #42C337 #3788C3

split-complementary

#B837C3 #88C337 #37C372

monochromatic

#5E1C64 #8B2A93 #B837C3 #CB64D3 #DB94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B837C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B837C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837C3

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837C3	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0568C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5277C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.226 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad6',
    500: '#b837c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837c3;
$custom-light: #d17ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.22592,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837C3

secondary

#8FCC8A

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837C3

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

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