#B231B1#B231B1

#B231B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.215 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B1
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 177)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 65.57, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 77.26, 328.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1834 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.215 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3939, 14.8379, 43.0076)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B1 #31B232

analogous

#7331B2 #B231B1 #B23171

triadic

#B231B1 #B1B231 #31B1B2

tetradic

#B231B1 #B27331 #31B232 #3171B2

square

#B231B1 #B27331 #31B232 #3171B2

split-complementary

#B231B1 #71B231 #31B273

monochromatic

#521752 #822481 #B231B1 #CF51CE #DC81DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B231B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B231B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B1

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B1	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A61B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5471AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.215 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c9',
    500: '#b231b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b1;
$custom-light: #cd76c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.465,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55779,
    "c": 0.21548,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B1

secondary

#79C57A

accent

#E04948

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B1

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

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