#B838BA#B838BA

#B838BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.218 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BA
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 65.99, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 78.46, 327.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1832 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.218 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0438, 16.5659, 48.0600)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BA #3ABA38

analogous

#7738BA #B838BA #BA387B

triadic

#B838BA #BAB838 #38BAB8

tetradic

#B838BA #BA7738 #3ABA38 #387BBA

square

#B838BA #BA7738 #3ABA38 #387BBA

split-complementary

#B838BA #7BBA38 #38BA77

monochromatic

#5B1C5C #892A8B #B838BA #CD60CF #DC8FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B838BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B838BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BA	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F67BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5877B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.218 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17acf',
    500: '#b838ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838ba;
$custom-light: #d17acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57772,
    "c": 0.21765,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BA

secondary

#87C886

accent

#DD4B4D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BA

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

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