#B235A9#B235A9

#B235A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.205 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235A9
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 62.91, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 72.50, 330.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1793 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.205 331)
XYZ	xyz(26.7946, 14.8778, 38.9889)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235A9 #35B23E

analogous

#7C35B2 #B235A9 #B2356A

triadic

#B235A9 #A9B235 #35A9B2

tetradic

#B235A9 #B27C35 #35B23E #356AB2

square

#B235A9 #B27C35 #35B23E #356AB2

split-complementary

#B235A9 #6AB235 #35B27C

monochromatic

#54194F #83277C #B235A9 #CD57C5 #DB86D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B235A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B235A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235A9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235A9	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B61AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.205 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c3',
    500: '#b235a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235a9;
$custom-light: #cd78c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.32,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55681,
    "c": 0.20488,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.14876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235A9

secondary

#7EC583

accent

#DD554A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235A9

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

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