#B232B0#B232B0

#B232B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.214 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B232B0
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 65.07, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 76.48, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1824 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.214 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3369, 14.8828, 42.4987)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B232B0 #32B234

analogous

#7432B2 #B232B0 #B23270

triadic

#B232B0 #B0B232 #32B0B2

tetradic

#B232B0 #B27432 #32B234 #3270B2

square

#B232B0 #B27432 #32B234 #3270B2

split-complementary

#B232B0 #70B232 #32B274

monochromatic

#521752 #822581 #B232B0 #CF53CD #DC82DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B232B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B232B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B232B0

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B232B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B232B0	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D61B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5672AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b232b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.214 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77c8',
    500: '#b232b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b232b0;
$custom-light: #cd77c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b232b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.938,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55806,
    "c": 0.21363,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B232B0

secondary

#7BC57C

accent

#DF4B48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B232B0

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

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