#B231DC#B231DC

#B231DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.250 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B231DC
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 220)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 73.13, -61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 95.59, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1798 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.25 316)
XYZ	xyz(32.3746, 16.8302, 69.2395)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B231DC #5BDC31

analogous

#5C31DC #B231DC #DC31B1

triadic

#B231DC #DCB231 #31DCB2

tetradic

#B231DC #DC5C31 #5BDC31 #31B1DC

square

#B231DC #DC5C31 #5BDC31 #31B1DC

split-complementary

#B231DC #B1DC31 #31DC5C

monochromatic

#64157D #8D1EB2 #B231DC #C665E5 #D99AEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B231DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B231DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B231DC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B231DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B231DC	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E75D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b231dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.250 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce78e8',
    500: '#b231dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b231dc;
$custom-light: #ce78e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b231dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 70.954,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5849,
    "c": 0.24996,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.16829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B231DC

secondary

#A2D98F

accent

#EE3A66

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B231DC

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

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