#B838DB#B838DB

#B838DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.245 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838DB
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 71.80, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 92.52, 320.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1813 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.245 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9657, 18.1347, 68.7153)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838DB #5BDB38

analogous

#6738DB #B838DB #DB38AC

triadic

#B838DB #DBB838 #38DBB8

tetradic

#B838DB #DB6738 #5BDB38 #38ACDB

square

#B838DB #DB6738 #5BDB38 #38ACDB

split-complementary

#B838DB #ACDB38 #38DB67

monochromatic

#6A1781 #9521B5 #B838DB #CA6CE4 #DDA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B838DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B838DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B838DB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B838DB	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7AD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.245 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ce7',
    500: '#b838db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838db;
$custom-light: #d27ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.117,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.24452,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838DB

secondary

#A4DA95

accent

#EC3C62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838DB

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

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