#B838BB#B838BB

#B838BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.218 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BB
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 66.16, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 78.87, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1832 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.218 327)
XYZ	xyz(30.1505, 16.6086, 48.6218)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BB #3BBB38

analogous

#7638BB #B838BB #BB387C

triadic

#B838BB #BBB838 #38BBB8

tetradic

#B838BB #BB7638 #3BBB38 #387CBB

square

#B838BB #BB7638 #3BBB38 #387CBB

split-complementary

#B838BB #7CBB38 #38BB76

monochromatic

#5B1C5D #8A2A8C #B838BB #CD61D0 #DC90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B838BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B838BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BB	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E67BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5877B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.218 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad0',
    500: '#b838bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838bb;
$custom-light: #d17ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.626,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.16607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BB

secondary

#88C886

accent

#DD4B4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BB

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

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