#B235B3#B235B3

#B235B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.213 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235B3
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 64.54, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 76.52, 327.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1796 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.213 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7695, 15.2678, 44.1234)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235B3 #36B335

analogous

#7335B3 #B235B3 #B33575

triadic

#B235B3 #B3B235 #35B3B2

tetradic

#B235B3 #B37335 #36B335 #3575B3

square

#B235B3 #B37335 #36B335 #3575B3

split-complementary

#B235B3 #75B335 #35B373

monochromatic

#541955 #832784 #B235B3 #CD58CD #DB87DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B235B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B235B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235B3

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235B3	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E63B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.213 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78ca',
    500: '#b235b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235b3;
$custom-light: #cd78ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.524,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56236,
    "c": 0.21263,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235B3

secondary

#7FC57F

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235B3

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

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