#B838CA#B838CA

#B838CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.230 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838CA
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 68.74, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 85.16, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1828 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.23 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8409, 17.2848, 57.5248)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838CA #4ACA38

analogous

#6F38CA #B838CA #CA3893

triadic

#B838CA #CAB838 #38CAB8

tetradic

#B838CA #CA6F38 #4ACA38 #3893CA

square

#B838CA #CA6F38 #4ACA38 #3893CA

split-complementary

#B838CA #93CA38 #38CA6F

monochromatic

#611D6B #8D299B #B838CA #C968D7 #DA99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B838CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B838CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838CA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838CA	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA537E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.230 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17bdb',
    500: '#b838ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838ca;
$custom-light: #d17bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.603,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58714,
    "c": 0.23049,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838CA

secondary

#96CF8E

accent

#E1475A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838CA

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

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