#B231A4#B231A4

#B231A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A4
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 63.50, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 72.15, 331.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.183 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.206 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1594, 14.3441, 36.5057)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A4 #31B23F

analogous

#8031B2 #B231A4 #B23163

triadic

#B231A4 #A4B231 #31A4B2

tetradic

#B231A4 #B28031 #31B23F #3163B2

square

#B231A4 #B28031 #31B23F #3163B2

split-complementary

#B231A4 #63B231 #31B280

monochromatic

#52174C #822478 #B231A4 #CF51C1 #DC81D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B231A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B231A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A4

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A4	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B70A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76bf',
    500: '#b231a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a4;
$custom-light: #cd76bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.512,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55062,
    "c": 0.20571,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A4

secondary

#79C582

accent

#E05848

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A4

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

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