#B837C7#B837C7

#B837C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.229 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837C7
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 68.56, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 84.27, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1839 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.229 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4412, 17.0481, 55.6563)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837C7 #46C737

analogous

#7037C7 #B837C7 #C7378E

triadic

#B837C7 #C7B837 #37C7B8

tetradic

#B837C7 #C77037 #46C737 #378EC7

square

#B837C7 #C77037 #46C737 #378EC7

split-complementary

#B837C7 #8EC737 #37C770

monochromatic

#5F1C67 #8C2A97 #B837C7 #C966D5 #DA96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B837C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B837C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837C7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837C7	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F78C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.229 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad9',
    500: '#b837c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837c7;
$custom-light: #d17ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58447,
    "c": 0.22914,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837C7

secondary

#93CD8C

accent

#E04858

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837C7

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

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