#B231A2#B231A2

#B231A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.204 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A2
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 162)
HSL	hsl(307, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 63.19, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 71.39, 332.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1828 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.204 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9802, 14.2724, 35.5620)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A2 #31B241

analogous

#8231B2 #B231A2 #B23162

triadic

#B231A2 #A2B231 #31A2B2

tetradic

#B231A2 #B28231 #31B241 #3162B2

square

#B231A2 #B28231 #31B241 #3162B2

split-complementary

#B231A2 #62B231 #31B282

monochromatic

#52174B #822476 #B231A2 #CF51BF #DC81D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B231A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B231A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A2	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.204 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76be',
    500: '#b231a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a2;
$custom-light: #cd76be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.442,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.20424,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A2

secondary

#79C583

accent

#E05B48

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A2

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

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