#B231A9#B231A9

#B231A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.209 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231A9
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 64.28, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 74.08, 330.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1832 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.209 331)
XYZ	xyz(26.6198, 14.5283, 38.9306)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231A9 #31B23A

analogous

#7B31B2 #B231A9 #B23169

triadic

#B231A9 #A9B231 #31A9B2

tetradic

#B231A9 #B27B31 #31B23A #3169B2

square

#B231A9 #B27B31 #31B23A #3169B2

split-complementary

#B231A9 #69B231 #31B27B

monochromatic

#52174E #82247B #B231A9 #CF51C6 #DC81D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B231A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B231A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231A9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231A9	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9416A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.209 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c3',
    500: '#b231a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231a9;
$custom-light: #cd76c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.186,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55332,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.14526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231A9

secondary

#79C57F

accent

#E05248

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231A9

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

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