#B837C5#B837C5

#B837C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.228 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837C5
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 68.21, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 83.43, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1839 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.228 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2105, 16.9559, 54.4414)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837C5 #44C537

analogous

#7137C5 #B837C5 #C5378B

triadic

#B837C5 #C5B837 #37C5B8

tetradic

#B837C5 #C57137 #44C537 #378BC5

square

#B837C5 #C57137 #44C537 #378BC5

split-complementary

#B837C5 #8BC537 #37C571

monochromatic

#5F1C65 #8B2A95 #B837C5 #CA65D4 #DA95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B837C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B837C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837C5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837C5	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5178C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.228 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad7',
    500: '#b837c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837c5;
$custom-light: #d17ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.507,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58326,
    "c": 0.22752,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837C5

secondary

#91CD8B

accent

#E04856

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837C5

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

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