#B234BF#B234BF

#B234BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.223 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B234BF
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 66.93, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 81.92, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1803 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.223 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9912, 15.6843, 50.7805)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B234BF #41BF34

analogous

#6C34BF #B234BF #BF3487

triadic

#B234BF #BFB234 #34BFB2

tetradic

#B234BF #BF6C34 #41BF34 #3487BF

square

#B234BF #BF6C34 #41BF34 #3487BF

split-complementary

#B234BF #87BF34 #34BF6C

monochromatic

#581A5F #85278F #B234BF #C85DD3 #D88DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B234BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B234BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B234BF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B234BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B234BF	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b234bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.223 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78d3',
    500: '#b234bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b234bf;
$custom-light: #cd78d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b234bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.388,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.2233,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B234BF

secondary

#8BCA84

accent

#E04756

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B234BF

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

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