#B838C1#B838C1

#B838C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.223 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C1
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 67.18, -45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 81.36, 325.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1831 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.223 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8063, 16.8709, 52.0755)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C1 #41C138

analogous

#7438C1 #B838C1 #C13886

triadic

#B838C1 #C1B838 #38C1B8

tetradic

#B838C1 #C17438 #41C138 #3886C1

square

#B838C1 #C17438 #41C138 #3886C1

split-complementary

#B838C1 #86C138 #38C174

monochromatic

#5E1C62 #8B2A92 #B838C1 #CB64D2 #DB94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B838C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B838C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C1	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1068C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.223 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd4',
    500: '#b838c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c1;
$custom-light: #d17bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.058,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58176,
    "c": 0.22321,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C1

secondary

#8ECB8A

accent

#DE4953

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C1

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

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