#B235BC#B235BC

#B235BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.220 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235BC
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 66.07, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 80.26, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1795 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.22 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7096, 15.6438, 49.0746)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235BC #3FBC35

analogous

#6F35BC #B235BC #BC3582

triadic

#B235BC #BCB235 #35BCB2

tetradic

#B235BC #BC6F35 #3FBC35 #3582BC

square

#B235BC #BC6F35 #3FBC35 #3582BC

split-complementary

#B235BC #82BC35 #35BC6F

monochromatic

#581A5D #85288C #B235BC #C95DD1 #D98DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B235BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B235BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235BC

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235BC	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0765C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5073B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.220 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78d1',
    500: '#b235bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235bc;
$custom-light: #cd78d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.21979,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235BC

secondary

#89C984

accent

#DF4854

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235BC

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

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