#B838B7#B838B7

#B838B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.215 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838B7
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 65.50, -40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 77.24, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1831 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.215 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7282, 16.4397, 46.3980)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838B7 #38B839

analogous

#7938B8 #B838B7 #B83877

triadic

#B838B7 #B7B838 #38B7B8

tetradic

#B838B7 #B87938 #38B839 #3877B8

square

#B838B7 #B87938 #38B839 #3877B8

split-complementary

#B838B7 #77B838 #38B879

monochromatic

#5A1B5A #892A88 #B838B7 #CE5FCD #DD8EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B838B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B838B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838B7

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838B7	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2466BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.215 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acd',
    500: '#b838b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838b7;
$custom-light: #d17acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57603,
    "c": 0.2153,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838B7

secondary

#85C785

accent

#DD4C4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838B7

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

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