#B231A1#B231A1

#B231A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.204 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A1
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 161)
HSL	hsl(308, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 63.04, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 71.02, 332.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.1828 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.204 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8916, 14.2370, 35.0957)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A1 #31B242

analogous

#8331B2 #B231A1 #B23161

triadic

#B231A1 #A1B231 #31A1B2

tetradic

#B231A1 #B28331 #31B242 #3161B2

square

#B231A1 #B28331 #31B242 #3161B2

split-complementary

#B231A1 #61B231 #31B283

monochromatic

#52174A #822476 #B231A1 #CF51BF #DC81D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B231A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B231A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A1

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A1	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.204 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76bd',
    500: '#b231a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a1;
$custom-light: #cd76bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.907,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54903,
    "c": 0.20352,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A1

secondary

#79C583

accent

#E05C48

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A1

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

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