#B838B2#B838B2

#B838B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.211 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838B2
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 64.68, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 75.23, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.183 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.211 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2170, 16.2352, 43.7057)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838B2 #38B83E

analogous

#7E38B8 #B838B2 #B83872

triadic

#B838B2 #B2B838 #38B2B8

tetradic

#B838B2 #B87E38 #38B83E #3872B8

square

#B838B2 #B87E38 #38B83E #3872B8

split-complementary

#B838B2 #72B838 #38B87E

monochromatic

#5A1B57 #892A85 #B838B2 #CE5FC9 #DD8ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B838B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B838B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838B2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838B2	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.211 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ac9',
    500: '#b838b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838b2;
$custom-light: #d17ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57327,
    "c": 0.21143,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838B2

secondary

#85C788

accent

#DD524B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838B2

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

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