#B837D9#B837D9

#B837D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.244 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837D9
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 71.77, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 92.02, 321.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1824 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.244 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6560, 17.9341, 67.3210)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837D9 #58D937

analogous

#6737D9 #B837D9 #D937A9

triadic

#B837D9 #D9B837 #37D9B8

tetradic

#B837D9 #D96737 #58D937 #37A9D9

square

#B837D9 #D96737 #58D937 #37A9D9

split-complementary

#B837D9 #A9D937 #37D967

monochromatic

#69187E #9422B1 #B837D9 #CA6AE3 #DD9EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B837D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B837D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B837D9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B837D9	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4079D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.244 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27be5',
    500: '#b837d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837d9;
$custom-light: #d27be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59576,
    "c": 0.24386,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837D9

secondary

#A1D993

accent

#EB3D60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837D9

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

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