#B838BC#B838BC

#B838BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.219 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BC
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 66.33, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 79.28, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1832 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.219 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2579, 16.6516, 49.1876)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BC #3CBC38

analogous

#7638BC #B838BC #BC387E

triadic

#B838BC #BCB838 #38BCB8

tetradic

#B838BC #BC7638 #3CBC38 #387EBC

square

#B838BC #BC7638 #3CBC38 #387EBC

split-complementary

#B838BC #7EBC38 #38BC76

monochromatic

#5C1C5E #8A2A8D #B838BC #CD61D0 #DC90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B838BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B838BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BC

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BC	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.219 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad1',
    500: '#b838bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838bc;
$custom-light: #d17ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57886,
    "c": 0.21923,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BC

secondary

#89C987

accent

#DD4A4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BC

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

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