#B231B6#B231B6

#B231B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.219 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B6
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 66.40, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 79.30, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1834 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.219 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9014, 15.0409, 45.6805)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B6 #35B631

analogous

#6F31B6 #B231B6 #B63178

triadic

#B231B6 #B6B231 #31B6B2

tetradic

#B231B6 #B66F31 #35B631 #3178B6

square

#B231B6 #B66F31 #35B631 #3178B6

split-complementary

#B231B6 #78B631 #31B66F

monochromatic

#541756 #832486 #B231B6 #CD53D1 #DB84DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#B231B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B231B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B6	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E62BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5272B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.219 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76cc',
    500: '#b231b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b6;
$custom-light: #cd76cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.195,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56068,
    "c": 0.21935,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B6

secondary

#7EC77C

accent

#E1474C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B6

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

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