#B233C9#B233C9

#B233C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.232 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B233C9
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 201)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 69.02, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 86.58, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1805 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.232 321)
XYZ	xyz(30.0853, 16.0513, 56.7605)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B233C9 #4AC933

analogous

#6733C9 #B233C9 #C93395

triadic

#B233C9 #C9B233 #33C9B2

tetradic

#B233C9 #C96733 #4AC933 #3395C9

square

#B233C9 #C96733 #4AC933 #3395C9

split-complementary

#B233C9 #95C933 #33C967

monochromatic

#5C1A67 #872798 #B233C9 #C562D7 #D793E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B233C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B233C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B233C9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B233C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B233C9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4574C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b233c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.232 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78da',
    500: '#b233c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b233c9;
$custom-light: #cd78da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b233c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.23244,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.1605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B233C9

secondary

#94CF89

accent

#E3455D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B233C9

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

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