#B838C3#B838C3

#B838C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.225 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C3
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 67.52, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 82.19, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1831 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.225 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0309, 16.9608, 53.2585)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C3 #43C338

analogous

#7338C3 #B838C3 #C33889

triadic

#B838C3 #C3B838 #38C3B8

tetradic

#B838C3 #C37338 #43C338 #3889C3

square

#B838C3 #C37338 #43C338 #3889C3

split-complementary

#B838C3 #89C338 #38C373

monochromatic

#5E1D64 #8B2A93 #B838C3 #CA65D3 #DB95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B838C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B838C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C3

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C3	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0969C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.225 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd6',
    500: '#b838c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c3;
$custom-light: #d17bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.252,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58294,
    "c": 0.22482,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C3

secondary

#90CC8B

accent

#DF4955

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C3

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

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