#B231BE#B231BE

#B231BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.226 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231BE
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(295, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 67.75, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 82.63, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1831 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.226 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7519, 15.3811, 50.1597)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231BE #3DBE31

analogous

#6C31BE #B231BE #BE3183

triadic

#B231BE #BEB231 #31BEB2

tetradic

#B231BE #BE6C31 #3DBE31 #3183BE

square

#B231BE #BE6C31 #3DBE31 #3183BE

split-complementary

#B231BE #83BE31 #31BE6C

monochromatic

#57185D #84248D #B231BE #C958D4 #D989E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B231BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B231BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231BE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231BE	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.226 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77d2',
    500: '#b231be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231be;
$custom-light: #cd77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.894,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56546,
    "c": 0.22564,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231BE

secondary

#87CA80

accent

#E24653

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231BE

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

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