#B235AA#B235AA

#B235AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.206 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235AA
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 63.07, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 72.90, 329.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1793 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.206 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8888, 14.9155, 39.4852)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235AA #35B23D

analogous

#7B35B2 #B235AA #B2356B

triadic

#B235AA #AAB235 #35AAB2

tetradic

#B235AA #B27B35 #35B23D #356BB2

square

#B235AA #B27B35 #35B23D #356BB2

split-complementary

#B235AA #6BB235 #35B27B

monochromatic

#541950 #83277D #B235AA #CD57C5 #DB86D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B235AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B235AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235AA

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235AA	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A61AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.206 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c4',
    500: '#b235aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235aa;
$custom-light: #cd78c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.84,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55735,
    "c": 0.20564,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235AA

secondary

#7EC582

accent

#DD544A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235AA

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

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