#B231A5#B231A5

#B231A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A5
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 63.66, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 72.53, 331.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.183 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.206 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2500, 14.3804, 36.9832)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A5 #31B23E

analogous

#7F31B2 #B231A5 #B23164

triadic

#B231A5 #A5B231 #31A5B2

tetradic

#B231A5 #B27F31 #31B23E #3164B2

square

#B231A5 #B27F31 #31B23E #3164B2

split-complementary

#B231A5 #64B231 #31B27F

monochromatic

#52174C #822479 #B231A5 #CF51C2 #DC81D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B231A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B231A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A5	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c0',
    500: '#b231a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a5;
$custom-light: #cd76c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.047,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55115,
    "c": 0.20644,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A5

secondary

#79C581

accent

#E05748

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A5

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

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