#B232B4#B232B4

#B232B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.217 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B232B4
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 65.73, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 78.10, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1825 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.217 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7385, 15.0434, 44.6138)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B232B4 #34B432

analogous

#7132B4 #B232B4 #B43275

triadic

#B232B4 #B4B232 #32B4B2

tetradic

#B232B4 #B47132 #34B432 #3275B4

square

#B232B4 #B47132 #34B432 #3275B4

split-complementary

#B232B4 #75B432 #32B471

monochromatic

#531754 #832584 #B232B4 #CE54CF #DB84DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#B232B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B232B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B232B4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B232B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B232B4	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1662B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b232b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.217 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77cb',
    500: '#b232b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b232b4;
$custom-light: #cd77cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b232b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56035,
    "c": 0.21673,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B232B4

secondary

#7DC67C

accent

#E0484A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B232B4

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

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