#B838E3#B838E3

#B838E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.251 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838E3
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 73.29, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 96.04, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1803 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.251 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0443, 18.5661, 74.3958)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838E3 #63E338

analogous

#6238E3 #B838E3 #E338B9

triadic

#B838E3 #E3B838 #38E3B8

tetradic

#B838E3 #E36238 #63E338 #38B9E3

square

#B838E3 #E36238 #63E338 #38B9E3

split-complementary

#B838E3 #B9E338 #38E362

monochromatic

#6E148D #981BC2 #B838E3 #CB6EEB #DEA3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B838E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B838E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B838E3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B838E3	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.251 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ced',
    500: '#b838e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838e3;
$custom-light: #d27ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.912,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60318,
    "c": 0.25121,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838E3

secondary

#AADF98

accent

#F23665

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838E3

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

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