#B234AE#B234AE

#B234AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.210 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B234AE
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 64.07, -38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 74.89, 328.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1805 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.21 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2279, 14.9790, 41.4934)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B234AE #34B238

analogous

#7734B2 #B234AE #B2346F

triadic

#B234AE #AEB234 #34AEB2

tetradic

#B234AE #B27734 #34B238 #346FB2

square

#B234AE #B27734 #34B238 #346FB2

split-complementary

#B234AE #6FB234 #34B277

monochromatic

#531851 #832680 #B234AE #CE56CA #DB85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B234AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B234AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B234AE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B234AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B234AE	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2461B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b234ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.210 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd77c6',
    500: '#b234ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b234ae;
$custom-light: #cd77c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b234ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.905,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55866,
    "c": 0.20986,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B234AE

secondary

#7DC57F

accent

#DE4E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B234AE

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

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