#B235A8#B235A8

#B235A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.204 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235A8
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 62.75, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 72.11, 330.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1792 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.204 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7011, 14.8404, 38.4964)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235A8 #35B23F

analogous

#7D35B2 #B235A8 #B23569

triadic

#B235A8 #A8B235 #35A8B2

tetradic

#B235A8 #B27D35 #35B23F #3569B2

square

#B235A8 #B27D35 #35B23F #3569B2

split-complementary

#B235A8 #69B235 #35B27D

monochromatic

#54194F #83277B #B235A8 #CD57C4 #DB86D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B235A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B235A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235A8

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235A8	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)

#2C60AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.204 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c2',
    500: '#b235a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235a8;
$custom-light: #cd78c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55627,
    "c": 0.20411,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235A8

secondary

#7EC584

accent

#DD564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235A8

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

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