#B235B9#B235B9

#B235B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.217 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235B9
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 65.55, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 79.00, 326.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1795 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.217 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3896, 15.5158, 47.3891)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235B9 #3CB935

analogous

#7035B9 #B235B9 #B9357E

triadic

#B235B9 #B9B235 #35B9B2

tetradic

#B235B9 #B97035 #3CB935 #357EB9

square

#B235B9 #B97035 #3CB935 #357EB9

split-complementary

#B235B9 #7EB935 #35B970

monochromatic

#561A5A #842789 #B235B9 #CA5BD0 #D98BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B235B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B235B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235B9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235B9	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1264BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.217 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78ce',
    500: '#b235b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235b9;
$custom-light: #cd78ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.21738,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235B9

secondary

#86C882

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235B9

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

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