#B231CC#B231CC

#B231CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.237 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231CC
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 76%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 70.20, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 88.61, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.182 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.237 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3562, 16.0228, 58.6088)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231CC #4BCC31

analogous

#6431CC #B231CC #CC3199

triadic

#B231CC #CCB231 #31CCB2

tetradic

#B231CC #CC6431 #4BCC31 #3199CC

square

#B231CC #CC6431 #4BCC31 #3199CC

split-complementary

#B231CC #99CC31 #31CC64

monochromatic

#5C1969 #87259B #B231CC #C561D9 #D792E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B231CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B231CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231CC

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231CC	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4174C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3517D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.237 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77dc',
    500: '#b231cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231cc;
$custom-light: #cd77dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.935,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57424,
    "c": 0.23687,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231CC

secondary

#95D089

accent

#E4435E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231CC

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

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