#B231BF#B231BF

#B231BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.226 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231BF
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(295, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 67.92, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 83.05, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.183 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.226 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8616, 15.4250, 50.7373)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231BF #3EBF31

analogous

#6B31BF #B231BF #BF3185

triadic

#B231BF #BFB231 #31BFB2

tetradic

#B231BF #BF6B31 #3EBF31 #3185BF

square

#B231BF #BF6B31 #3EBF31 #3185BF

split-complementary

#B231BF #85BF31 #31BF6B

monochromatic

#57185E #85258E #B231BF #C959D4 #D98AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B231BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B231BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231BF

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231BF	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.226 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77d3',
    500: '#b231bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231bf;
$custom-light: #cd77d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.507,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56607,
    "c": 0.22642,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231BF

secondary

#88CB81

accent

#E24554

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231BF

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

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