#B838BF#B838BF

#B838BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.222 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838BF
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 66.83, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 80.52, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1831 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.222 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5847, 16.7823, 50.9085)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838BF #3FBF38

analogous

#7438BF #B838BF #BF3882

triadic

#B838BF #BFB838 #38BFB8

tetradic

#B838BF #BF7438 #3FBF38 #3882BF

square

#B838BF #BF7438 #3FBF38 #3882BF

split-complementary

#B838BF #82BF38 #38BF74

monochromatic

#5D1C60 #8A2A90 #B838BF #CC63D1 #DB92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B838BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B838BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838BF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838BF	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1668C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5577BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.222 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd3',
    500: '#b838bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838bf;
$custom-light: #d17bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58059,
    "c": 0.22161,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838BF

secondary

#8CCA89

accent

#DE4A51

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838BF

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

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