#B838AF#B838AF

#B838AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.209 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838AF
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 64.20, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 74.05, 330.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1828 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.209 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9191, 16.1161, 42.1367)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838AF #38B841

analogous

#8138B8 #B838AF #B8386F

triadic

#B838AF #AFB838 #38AFB8

tetradic

#B838AF #B88138 #38B841 #386FB8

square

#B838AF #B88138 #38B841 #386FB8

split-complementary

#B838AF #6FB838 #38B881

monochromatic

#5A1B56 #892A82 #B838AF #CE5FC6 #DD8ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B838AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B838AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838AF

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838AF	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E64B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.209 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ac7',
    500: '#b838af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838af;
$custom-light: #d17ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57165,
    "c": 0.20913,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838AF

secondary

#85C789

accent

#DD554B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838AF

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

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