#B235C1#B235C1

#B235C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.224 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235C1
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 193)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 66.94, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 82.38, 324.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1793 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.224 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2579, 15.8632, 51.9626)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235C1 #44C135

analogous

#6C35C1 #B235C1 #C1358A

triadic

#B235C1 #C1B235 #35C1B2

tetradic

#B235C1 #C16C35 #44C135 #358AC1

square

#B235C1 #C16C35 #44C135 #358AC1

split-complementary

#B235C1 #8AC135 #35C16C

monochromatic

#591B61 #862891 #B235C1 #C760D3 #D890E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B235C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B235C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235C1

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235C1	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.224 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d4',
    500: '#b235c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235c1;
$custom-light: #cd79d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57061,
    "c": 0.22383,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235C1

secondary

#8ECB87

accent

#E04858

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235C1

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

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