#B230C9#B230C9

#B230C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.235 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B230C9
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 201)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 69.98, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 87.67, 322.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1831 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.235 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9585, 15.7976, 56.7183)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B230C9 #47C930

analogous

#6530C9 #B230C9 #C93094

triadic

#B230C9 #C9B230 #30C9B2

tetradic

#B230C9 #C96530 #47C930 #3094C9

square

#B230C9 #C96530 #47C930 #3094C9

split-complementary

#B230C9 #94C930 #30C965

monochromatic

#5B1866 #862498 #B230C9 #C65ED8 #D78FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B230C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B230C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B230C9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B230C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B230C9	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4373C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b230c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.235 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77da',
    500: '#b230c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b230c9;
$custom-light: #cd77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b230c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.98,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57154,
    "c": 0.23541,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B230C9

secondary

#91CF86

accent

#E5435C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B230C9

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

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