#B838B5#B838B5

#B838B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.214 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838B5
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 65.17, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 76.43, 328.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1831 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.214 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5215, 16.3570, 45.3094)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838B5 #38B83B

analogous

#7B38B8 #B838B5 #B83875

triadic

#B838B5 #B5B838 #38B5B8

tetradic

#B838B5 #B87B38 #38B83B #3875B8

square

#B838B5 #B87B38 #38B83B #3875B8

split-complementary

#B838B5 #75B838 #38B87B

monochromatic

#5A1B59 #892A87 #B838B5 #CE5FCC #DD8EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B838B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B838B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838B5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838B5	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B76B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.214 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acb',
    500: '#b838b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838b5;
$custom-light: #d17acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.406,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57492,
    "c": 0.21374,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838B5

secondary

#85C786

accent

#DD4E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838B5

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

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