#B838BD#B838BD

#B838BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.220 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BD
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 66.50, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 79.69, 326.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1832 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.22 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3661, 16.6948, 49.7573)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BD #3DBD38

analogous

#7538BD #B838BD #BD3880

triadic

#B838BD #BDB838 #38BDB8

tetradic

#B838BD #BD7538 #3DBD38 #3880BD

square

#B838BD #BD7538 #3DBD38 #3880BD

split-complementary

#B838BD #80BD38 #38BD75

monochromatic

#5C1C5F #8A2A8E #B838BD #CC62D0 #DB91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B838BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B838BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BD

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BD	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A67C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.220 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad1',
    500: '#b838bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838bd;
$custom-light: #d17ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.744,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57943,
    "c": 0.22002,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BD

secondary

#8AC987

accent

#DE4A50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BD

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

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