#B232B5#B232B5

#B232B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.217 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B232B5
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 65.90, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 78.51, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1824 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.218 327)
XYZ	xyz(27.8407, 15.0843, 45.1523)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B232B5 #35B532

analogous

#7032B5 #B232B5 #B53276

triadic

#B232B5 #B5B232 #32B5B2

tetradic

#B232B5 #B57032 #35B532 #3276B5

square

#B232B5 #B57032 #35B532 #3276B5

split-complementary

#B232B5 #76B532 #32B570

monochromatic

#541855 #832585 #B232B5 #CD54D0 #DB84DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B232B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B232B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B232B5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B232B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B232B5	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1362B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b232b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.217 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77cc',
    500: '#b232b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b232b5;
$custom-light: #cd77cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b232b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.626,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56093,
    "c": 0.2175,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B232B5

secondary

#7EC77C

accent

#E0484B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B232B5

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

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