#B231D3#B231D3

#B231D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.243 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231D3
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 211)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 71.47, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 91.65, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1811 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.243 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2146, 16.3662, 63.1302)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231D3 #52D331

analogous

#6131D3 #B231D3 #D331A3

triadic

#B231D3 #D3B231 #31D3B2

tetradic

#B231D3 #D36131 #52D331 #31A3D3

square

#B231D3 #D36131 #52D331 #31A3D3

split-complementary

#B231D3 #A3D331 #31D361

monochromatic

#5F1871 #8A23A4 #B231D3 #C563DE #D896E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B231D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B231D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231D3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231D3	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3974CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.243 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce78e1',
    500: '#b231d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231d3;
$custom-light: #ce78e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57883,
    "c": 0.24257,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231D3

secondary

#9BD48C

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231D3

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

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