#B837E2#B837E2

#B837E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.251 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B837E2
RGB	rgb(184, 55, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 73.43, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 95.97, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1813 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.251 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8587, 18.4151, 73.6550)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B837E2 #61E237

analogous

#6237E2 #B837E2 #E237B7

triadic

#B837E2 #E2B837 #37E2B8

tetradic

#B837E2 #E26237 #61E237 #37B7E2

square

#B837E2 #E26237 #61E237 #37B7E2

split-complementary

#B837E2 #B7E237 #37E262

monochromatic

#6D148B #981CC0 #B837E2 #CB6CEA #DEA2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B837E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B837E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B837E2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B837E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B837E2	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b837e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 55, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.251 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bec',
    500: '#b837e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b837e2;
$custom-light: #d27bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b837e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6017,
    "c": 0.25135,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B837E2

secondary

#A8DE97

accent

#F13764

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B837E2

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

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