#B838B8#B838B8

#B838B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.216 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838B8
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 65.66, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 77.64, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1831 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.216 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8327, 16.4815, 46.9481)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838B8 #38B838

analogous

#7838B8 #B838B8 #B83878

triadic

#B838B8 #B8B838 #38B8B8

tetradic

#B838B8 #B87838 #38B838 #3878B8

square

#B838B8 #B87838 #38B838 #3878B8

split-complementary

#B838B8 #78B838 #38B878

monochromatic

#5A1B5A #892A89 #B838B8 #CE5FCE #DD8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B838B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B838B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838B8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838B8	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5977B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.216 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ace',
    500: '#b838b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838b8;
$custom-light: #d17ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57659,
    "c": 0.21608,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838B8

secondary

#85C785

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838B8

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

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