#B235B8#B235B8

#B235B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.217 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235B8
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 65.38, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 78.59, 326.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1795 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.217 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.2844, 15.4738, 46.8351)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235B8 #3BB835

analogous

#7135B8 #B235B8 #B8357D

triadic

#B235B8 #B8B235 #35B8B2

tetradic

#B235B8 #B87135 #3BB835 #357DB8

square

#B235B8 #B87135 #3BB835 #357DB8

split-complementary

#B235B8 #7DB835 #35B871

monochromatic

#561A59 #842788 #B235B8 #CA5BD0 #DA8ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B235B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B235B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235B8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235B8	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1464BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.217 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78ce',
    500: '#b235b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235b8;
$custom-light: #cd78ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.252,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56524,
    "c": 0.21658,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.15472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235B8

secondary

#85C781

accent

#DF4950

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235B8

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

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