#B231B3#B231B3

#B231B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.217 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B3
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 65.90, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 78.07, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1834 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.217 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5947, 14.9182, 44.0652)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B3 #32B331

analogous

#7131B3 #B231B3 #B33173

triadic

#B231B3 #B3B231 #31B3B2

tetradic

#B231B3 #B37131 #32B331 #3173B3

square

#B231B3 #B37131 #32B331 #3173B3

split-complementary

#B231B3 #73B331 #31B371

monochromatic

#521753 #822483 #B231B3 #CF52D0 #DC82DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B231B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B231B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B3	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1661B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.217 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76ca',
    500: '#b231b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b3;
$custom-light: #cd76ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55894,
    "c": 0.21702,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B3

secondary

#7BC67A

accent

#E04849

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B3

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

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