#B235C2#B235C2

#B235C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.225 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235C2
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 67.11, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 82.81, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1792 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.225 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3699, 15.9080, 52.5520)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235C2 #45C235

analogous

#6B35C2 #B235C2 #C2358C

triadic

#B235C2 #C2B235 #35C2B2

tetradic

#B235C2 #C26B35 #45C235 #358CC2

square

#B235C2 #C26B35 #45C235 #358CC2

split-complementary

#B235C2 #8CC235 #35C26B

monochromatic

#5A1B62 #862892 #B235C2 #C760D4 #D891E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B235C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B235C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235C2

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235C2	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.225 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d5',
    500: '#b235c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235c2;
$custom-light: #cd79d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.191,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.22465,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235C2

secondary

#8FCC87

accent

#E04759

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235C2

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

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