#B231B2#B231B2

#B231B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.216 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B2
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 65.73, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 77.67, 327.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1834 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.216 328)
XYZ	xyz(27.4939, 14.8779, 43.5345)
Luminance	0.1488 (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

#B231B2 #31B231

analogous

#7231B2 #B231B2 #B23172

triadic

#B231B2 #B2B231 #31B2B2

tetradic

#B231B2 #B27231 #31B231 #3172B2

square

#B231B2 #B27231 #31B231 #3172B2

split-complementary

#B231B2 #72B231 #31B272

monochromatic

#521752 #822482 #B231B2 #CF51CF #DC81DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B231B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B231B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B2

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B2	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1861B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5471AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.216 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76c9',
    500: '#b231b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b2;
$custom-light: #cd76c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55836,
    "c": 0.21625,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.14876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B2

secondary

#79C579

accent

#E04848

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B2

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

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