#B231C8#B231C8

#B231C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.234 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231C8
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 75.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 69.49, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 86.88, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1824 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.234 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8826, 15.8334, 56.1145)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231C8 #47C831

analogous

#6731C8 #B231C8 #C83193

triadic

#B231C8 #C8B231 #31C8B2

tetradic

#B231C8 #C86731 #47C831 #3193C8

square

#B231C8 #C86731 #47C831 #3193C8

split-complementary

#B231C8 #93C831 #31C867

monochromatic

#5B1966 #862597 #B231C8 #C65FD8 #D790E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B231C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B231C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231C8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231C8	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4473C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.234 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77d9',
    500: '#b231c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231c8;
$custom-light: #cd77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.258,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.23363,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231C8

secondary

#91CE86

accent

#E4445B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231C8

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

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