#B234BD#B234BD

#B234BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.222 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B234BD
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 66.58, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 81.08, 325.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1804 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.222 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7726, 15.5969, 49.6293)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B234BD #3FBD34

analogous

#6D34BD #B234BD #BD3484

triadic

#B234BD #BDB234 #34BDB2

tetradic

#B234BD #BD6D34 #3FBD34 #3484BD

square

#B234BD #BD6D34 #3FBD34 #3484BD

split-complementary

#B234BD #84BD34 #34BD6D

monochromatic

#581A5D #85278D #B234BD #C95CD2 #D98CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B234BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B234BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B234BD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B234BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B234BD	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b234bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.222 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78d1',
    500: '#b234bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b234bd;
$custom-light: #cd78d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b234bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.182,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56734,
    "c": 0.22169,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B234BD

secondary

#89CA83

accent

#E04854

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B234BD

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

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