#B231B9#B231B9

#B231B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.222 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231B9
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 66.90, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 80.54, 326.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1833 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.222 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2148, 15.1663, 47.3308)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231B9 #38B931

analogous

#6E31B9 #B231B9 #B9317C

triadic

#B231B9 #B9B231 #31B9B2

tetradic

#B231B9 #B96E31 #38B931 #317CB9

square

#B231B9 #B96E31 #38B931 #317CB9

split-complementary

#B231B9 #7CB931 #31B96E

monochromatic

#551758 #832489 #B231B9 #CC55D2 #DA86DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B231B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B231B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231B9

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231B9	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0262BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5072B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.222 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77ce',
    500: '#b231b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231b9;
$custom-light: #cd77ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.912,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56245,
    "c": 0.2217,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231B9

secondary

#81C87D

accent

#E1464E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231B9

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

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