#B838AE#B838AE

#B838AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.208 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838AE
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 64.04, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 73.66, 330.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1828 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.208 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8213, 16.0769, 41.6214)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838AE #38B842

analogous

#8238B8 #B838AE #B8386E

triadic

#B838AE #AEB838 #38AEB8

tetradic

#B838AE #B88238 #38B842 #386EB8

square

#B838AE #B88238 #38B842 #386EB8

split-complementary

#B838AE #6EB838 #38B882

monochromatic

#5A1B55 #892A82 #B838AE #CE5FC6 #DD8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B838AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B838AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838AE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838AE	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F76AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.208 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ac6',
    500: '#b838ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838ae;
$custom-light: #d17ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57112,
    "c": 0.20838,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838AE

secondary

#85C78A

accent

#DD564B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838AE

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

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