#B231A3#B231A3

#B231A3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.205 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A3
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 163)
HSL	hsl(307, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 63.35, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 71.77, 331.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1829 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.205 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0694, 14.3081, 36.0320)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A3 #31B240

analogous

#8131B2 #B231A3 #B23162

triadic

#B231A3 #A3B231 #31A3B2

tetradic

#B231A3 #B28131 #31B240 #3162B2

square

#B231A3 #B28131 #31B240 #3162B2

split-complementary

#B231A3 #62B231 #31B281

monochromatic

#52174B #822477 #B231A3 #CF51C0 #DC81D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#B231A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B231A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A3

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A3	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.205 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76be',
    500: '#b231a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a3;
$custom-light: #cd76be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55008,
    "c": 0.20497,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A3

secondary

#79C582

accent

#E05948

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A3

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

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