#B838C4#B838C4

#B838C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.226 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C4
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 67.69, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 82.62, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.183 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.226 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1443, 17.0061, 53.8559)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C4 #44C438

analogous

#7238C4 #B838C4 #C4388A

triadic

#B838C4 #C4B838 #38C4B8

tetradic

#B838C4 #C47238 #44C438 #388AC4

square

#B838C4 #C47238 #44C438 #388AC4

split-complementary

#B838C4 #8AC438 #38C472

monochromatic

#5F1D65 #8B2A94 #B838C4 #CA66D3 #DA96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B838C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B838C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C4	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0569C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5278C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.226 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd6',
    500: '#b838c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c4;
$custom-light: #d17bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58353,
    "c": 0.22562,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C4

secondary

#91CC8C

accent

#DF4956

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C4

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

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