#C837B5#C837B5

#C837B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.223 H 333.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C837B5
RGB	rgb(200, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(308, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 69.15, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 77.89, 332.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.2005 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.223 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5264, 18.3508, 45.4834)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C837B5 #37C84A

analogous

#9237C8 #C837B5 #C8376D

triadic

#C837B5 #B5C837 #37B5C8

tetradic

#C837B5 #C89237 #37C84A #376DC8

square

#C837B5 #C89237 #37C84A #376DC8

split-complementary

#C837B5 #6DC837 #37C892

monochromatic

#681D5E #982A8A #C837B5 #D567C7 #E297D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C837B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C837B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C837B5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C837B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C837B5	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3369B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c837b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.223 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7ccb',
    500: '#c837b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c837b5;
$custom-light: #dd7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c837b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59777,
    "c": 0.22327,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C837B5

secondary

#8DCE95

accent

#E05C48

background

#FEF8FC

surface

#FCEFF8

border

#D5CAD1

text

#160B13

muted

#847C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C837B5

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

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