#B838BE#B838BE

#B838BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.221 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BE
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 66.67, -44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 80.11, 326.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1832 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.221 326)
XYZ	xyz(30.4750, 16.7384, 50.3309)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BE #3EBE38

analogous

#7538BE #B838BE #BE3881

triadic

#B838BE #BEB838 #38BEB8

tetradic

#B838BE #BE7538 #3EBE38 #3881BE

square

#B838BE #BE7538 #3EBE38 #3881BE

split-complementary

#B838BE #81BE38 #38BE75

monochromatic

#5C1C5F #8A2A8F #B838BE #CC62D1 #DB92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B838BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B838BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BE	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1868C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.221 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17ad2',
    500: '#b838be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838be;
$custom-light: #d17ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.313,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.22083,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.16736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BE

secondary

#8BCA88

accent

#DE4A51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BE

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

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