#B838EA#B838EA

#B838EA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.257 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B838EA
RGB	rgb(184, 56, 234)
HSL	hsl(283, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 74.62, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 99.13, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1792 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.257 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0301, 18.9605, 79.5877)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B838EA #6AEA38

analogous

#5F38EA #B838EA #EA38C3

triadic

#B838EA #EAB838 #38EAB8

tetradic

#B838EA #EA5F38 #6AEA38 #38C3EA

square

#B838EA #EA5F38 #6AEA38 #38C3EA

split-complementary

#B838EA #C3EA38 #38EA5F

monochromatic

#721098 #9B16CF #B838EA #CC6FF0 #E0A7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B838EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B838EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B838EA

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B838EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B838EA	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b838ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 56, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.257 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27cf2',
    500: '#b838ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b838ea;
$custom-light: #d27cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b838ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.146,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60793,
    "c": 0.25711,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B838EA

secondary

#AFE39B

accent

#F73068

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B838EA

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

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