#B231AF#B231AF

#B231AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.214 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231AF
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 65.24, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 76.45, 328.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1834 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.214 329)
XYZ	xyz(27.1960, 14.7588, 41.9655)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231AF #31B234

analogous

#7431B2 #B231AF #B2316F

triadic

#B231AF #AFB231 #31AFB2

tetradic

#B231AF #B27431 #31B234 #316FB2

square

#B231AF #B27431 #31B234 #316FB2

split-complementary

#B231AF #6FB231 #31B274

monochromatic

#521751 #822480 #B231AF #CF51CC #DC81DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B231AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B231AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231AF

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231AF	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D60B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5671AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.214 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c7',
    500: '#b231af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231af;
$custom-light: #cd76c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.395,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55665,
    "c": 0.21395,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.14757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231AF

secondary

#79C57B

accent

#E04B48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231AF

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

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