#B838C7#B838C7

#B838C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.228 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838C7
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 68.21, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 83.88, 324.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1829 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.228 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4892, 17.1441, 55.6723)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838C7 #47C738

analogous

#7038C7 #B838C7 #C7388F

triadic

#B838C7 #C7B838 #38C7B8

tetradic

#B838C7 #C77038 #47C738 #388FC7

square

#B838C7 #C77038 #47C738 #388FC7

split-complementary

#B838C7 #8FC738 #38C770

monochromatic

#601D67 #8C2B97 #B838C7 #C968D4 #DA98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B838C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B838C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838C7

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838C7	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5078C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.228 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bd9',
    500: '#b838c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838c7;
$custom-light: #d17bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.706,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58533,
    "c": 0.22805,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838C7

secondary

#94CD8D

accent

#DF4858

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838C7

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

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