#B231B5#B231B5

#B231B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.219 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B5
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 66.23, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 78.89, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.1834 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.219 327)
XYZ	xyz(27.7984, 14.9997, 45.1382)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B5 #34B531

analogous

#7031B5 #B231B5 #B53176

triadic

#B231B5 #B5B231 #31B5B2

tetradic

#B231B5 #B57031 #34B531 #3176B5

square

#B231B5 #B57031 #34B531 #3176B5

split-complementary

#B231B5 #76B531 #31B570

monochromatic

#531755 #832485 #B231B5 #CE53D0 #DB83DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B231B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B231B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B5	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1162B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5272B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.219 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76cc',
    500: '#b231b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b5;
$custom-light: #cd76cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5601,
    "c": 0.21857,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.14998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B5

secondary

#7DC77B

accent

#E1474B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B5

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

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