#B232CD#B232CD

#B232CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.237 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B232CD
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 70.07, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 88.68, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.181 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.237 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5188, 16.1555, 59.2566)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B232CD #4DCD32

analogous

#6432CD #B232CD #CD329B

triadic

#B232CD #CDB232 #32CDB2

tetradic

#B232CD #CD6432 #4DCD32 #329BCD

square

#B232CD #CD6432 #4DCD32 #329BCD

split-complementary

#B232CD #9BCD32 #32CD64

monochromatic

#5D1A6B #87269C #B232CD #C463D9 #D794E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B232CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B232CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B232CD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B232CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B232CD	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b232cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.237 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78dd',
    500: '#b232cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b232cd;
$custom-light: #cd78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b232cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.548,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57567,
    "c": 0.23671,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B232CD

secondary

#97D08B

accent

#E44460

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B232CD

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

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