#B838C5#B838C5

#B838C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.226 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C5
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 67.86, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 83.04, 324.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.183 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.226 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2585, 17.0518, 54.4574)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C5 #45C538

analogous

#7238C5 #B838C5 #C5388C

triadic

#B838C5 #C5B838 #38C5B8

tetradic

#B838C5 #C57238 #45C538 #388CC5

square

#B838C5 #C57238 #45C538 #388CC5

split-complementary

#B838C5 #8CC538 #38C572

monochromatic

#5F1D66 #8B2A95 #B838C5 #CA67D4 #DA96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B838C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B838C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0169C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5178C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.226 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd7',
    500: '#b838c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c5;
$custom-light: #d17bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.468,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58413,
    "c": 0.22644,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C5

secondary

#92CD8C

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C5

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

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