#B231A6#B231A6

#B231A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.207 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A6
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 63.81, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 72.91, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1831 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.207 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3414, 14.4169, 37.4644)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A6 #31B23D

analogous

#7D31B2 #B231A6 #B23166

triadic

#B231A6 #A6B231 #31A6B2

tetradic

#B231A6 #B27D31 #31B23D #3166B2

square

#B231A6 #B27D31 #31B23D #3166B2

split-complementary

#B231A6 #66B231 #31B27D

monochromatic

#52174C #822479 #B231A6 #CF51C3 #DC81D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B231A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B231A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A6	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.207 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c1',
    500: '#b231a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a6;
$custom-light: #cd76c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55169,
    "c": 0.20718,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A6

secondary

#79C580

accent

#E05648

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A6

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

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