#B838C2#B838C2

#B838C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.224 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C2
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 67.35, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 81.77, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1831 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.224 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9182, 16.9157, 52.6650)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C2 #42C238

analogous

#7338C2 #B838C2 #C23887

triadic

#B838C2 #C2B838 #38C2B8

tetradic

#B838C2 #C27338 #42C238 #3887C2

square

#B838C2 #C27338 #42C238 #3887C2

split-complementary

#B838C2 #87C238 #38C273

monochromatic

#5E1D63 #8B2A93 #B838C2 #CB65D2 #DB94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B838C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B838C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D68C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.224 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd5',
    500: '#b838c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c2;
$custom-light: #d17bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.22401,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C2

secondary

#8FCB8A

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C2

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

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