#B838AD#B838AD

#B838AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.208 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838AD
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 63.88, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 73.27, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1827 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.208 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7242, 16.0381, 41.1099)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838AD #38B843

analogous

#8338B8 #B838AD #B8386D

triadic

#B838AD #ADB838 #38ADB8

tetradic

#B838AD #B88338 #38B843 #386DB8

square

#B838AD #B88338 #38B843 #386DB8

split-complementary

#B838AD #6DB838 #38B883

monochromatic

#5A1B55 #892A81 #B838AD #CE5FC5 #DD8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B838AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B838AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838AD

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838AD	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3064B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F76AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.208 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ac6',
    500: '#b838ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838ad;
$custom-light: #d17ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57059,
    "c": 0.20762,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838AD

secondary

#85C78A

accent

#DD584B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838AD

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

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