#B234C3#B234C3

#B234C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.227 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B234C3
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 67.63, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 83.62, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1801 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.227 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4374, 15.8628, 53.1305)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B234C3 #45C334

analogous

#6A34C3 #B234C3 #C3348C

triadic

#B234C3 #C3B234 #34C3B2

tetradic

#B234C3 #C36A34 #45C334 #348CC3

square

#B234C3 #C36A34 #45C334 #348CC3

split-complementary

#B234C3 #8CC334 #34C36A

monochromatic

#5A1A62 #862793 #B234C3 #C760D5 #D890E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B234C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B234C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B234C3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B234C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B234C3	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b234c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.227 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78d6',
    500: '#b234c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b234c3;
$custom-light: #cd78d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b234c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.867,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57099,
    "c": 0.22652,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B234C3

secondary

#8FCC87

accent

#E14759

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B234C3

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

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