#B231B4#B231B4

#B231B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.218 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B4
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 66.06, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 78.48, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1834 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.218 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6962, 14.9588, 44.5998)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B4 #33B431

analogous

#7131B4 #B231B4 #B43175

triadic

#B231B4 #B4B231 #31B4B2

tetradic

#B231B4 #B47131 #33B431 #3175B4

square

#B231B4 #B47131 #33B431 #3175B4

split-complementary

#B231B4 #75B431 #31B471

monochromatic

#531754 #822484 #B231B4 #CE52D0 #DC82DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B231B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B231B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B4

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B4	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1361B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.218 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76cb',
    500: '#b231b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b4;
$custom-light: #cd76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.084,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55952,
    "c": 0.21779,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B4

secondary

#7CC67B

accent

#E0474A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B4

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

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