#B234AB#B234AB

#B234AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.208 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B234AB
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 171)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 63.58, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 73.69, 329.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1804 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.208 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9387, 14.8633, 39.9703)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B234AB #34B23B

analogous

#7A34B2 #B234AB #B2346C

triadic

#B234AB #ABB234 #34ABB2

tetradic

#B234AB #B27A34 #34B23B #346CB2

square

#B234AB #B27A34 #34B23B #346CB2

split-complementary

#B234AB #6CB234 #34B27A

monochromatic

#531850 #83267D #B234AB #CE56C7 #DB85D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B234AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B234AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B234AB

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B234AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B234AB	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2761AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5972A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b234ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.208 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77c4',
    500: '#b234ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b234ab;
$custom-light: #cd77c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b234ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.557,
    "c": 0.20756,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B234AB

secondary

#7DC581

accent

#DE524A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B234AB

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

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