#B838D1#B838D1

#B838D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.236 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838D1
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 69.98, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 88.17, 322.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1823 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.236 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6886, 17.6239, 61.9892)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838D1 #51D138

analogous

#6C38D1 #B838D1 #D1389E

triadic

#B838D1 #D1B838 #38D1B8

tetradic

#B838D1 #D16C38 #51D138 #389ED1

square

#B838D1 #D16C38 #51D138 #389ED1

split-complementary

#B838D1 #9ED138 #38D16C

monochromatic

#651B74 #9126A6 #B838D1 #CA6ADC #DB9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B838D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B838D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B838D1

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B838D1	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4879CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.236 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17be0',
    500: '#b838d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838d1;
$custom-light: #d17be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.196,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59148,
    "c": 0.23623,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838D1

secondary

#9CD491

accent

#E6425D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838D1

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

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