#B231B7#B231B7

#B231B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.220 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B7
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 66.56, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 79.71, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1833 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.22 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0051, 15.0824, 46.2267)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B7 #36B731

analogous

#6F31B7 #B231B7 #B73179

triadic

#B231B7 #B7B231 #31B7B2

tetradic

#B231B7 #B76F31 #36B731 #3179B7

square

#B231B7 #B76F31 #36B731 #3179B7

split-complementary

#B231B7 #79B731 #31B76F

monochromatic

#541756 #832487 #B231B7 #CD54D1 #DB84DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B231B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B231B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B7

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B7	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A62BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5172B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.220 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76cd',
    500: '#b231b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b7;
$custom-light: #cd76cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.761,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56127,
    "c": 0.22012,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B7

secondary

#7FC87C

accent

#E1474D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B7

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

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