#B837C4#B837C4

#B837C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.227 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837C4
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 68.04, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 83.01, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.184 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.227 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0963, 16.9102, 53.8399)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837C4 #43C437

analogous

#7237C4 #B837C4 #C43789

triadic

#B837C4 #C4B837 #37C4B8

tetradic

#B837C4 #C47237 #43C437 #3789C4

square

#B837C4 #C47237 #43C437 #3789C4

split-complementary

#B837C4 #89C437 #37C472

monochromatic

#5E1C64 #8B2A94 #B837C4 #CA65D4 #DB94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B837C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B837C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837C4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837C4	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5177C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.227 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad6',
    500: '#b837c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837c4;
$custom-light: #d17ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.894,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58266,
    "c": 0.22672,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837C4

secondary

#90CC8B

accent

#DF4855

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837C4

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

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