#B231B8#B231B8

#B231B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.221 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B8
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 73.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 66.73, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 80.13, 326.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1833 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.221 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1096, 15.1242, 46.7768)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B8 #37B831

analogous

#6E31B8 #B231B8 #B8317B

triadic

#B231B8 #B8B231 #31B8B2

tetradic

#B231B8 #B86E31 #37B831 #317BB8

square

#B231B8 #B86E31 #37B831 #317BB8

split-complementary

#B231B8 #7BB831 #31B86E

monochromatic

#541757 #832488 #B231B8 #CC55D2 #DB85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B231B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B231B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B8	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0662BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5072B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.221 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd76ce',
    500: '#b231b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b8;
$custom-light: #cd76ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56186,
    "c": 0.22091,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B8

secondary

#80C87D

accent

#E1474E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B8

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

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