#B837CA#B837CA

#B837CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.232 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837CA
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 69.08, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 85.55, 323.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1837 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.232 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7929, 17.1888, 57.5088)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837CA #49CA37

analogous

#6E37CA #B837CA #CA3792

triadic

#B837CA #CAB837 #37CAB8

tetradic

#B837CA #CA6E37 #49CA37 #3792CA

square

#B837CA #CA6E37 #49CA37 #3792CA

split-complementary

#B837CA #92CA37 #37CA6E

monochromatic

#611C6A #8D299B #B837CA #C967D7 #DA98E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B837CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B837CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B837CA

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B837CA	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.232 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17adb',
    500: '#b837ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837ca;
$custom-light: #d17adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.653,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58629,
    "c": 0.23156,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837CA

secondary

#96CF8E

accent

#E14659

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837CA

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

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