#B235C3#B235C3

#B235C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.225 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235C3
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 67.29, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 83.24, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1792 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.225 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4825, 15.9530, 53.1455)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235C3 #46C335

analogous

#6B35C3 #B235C3 #C3358D

triadic

#B235C3 #C3B235 #35C3B2

tetradic

#B235C3 #C36B35 #46C335 #358DC3

square

#B235C3 #C36B35 #46C335 #358DC3

split-complementary

#B235C3 #8DC335 #35C36B

monochromatic

#5A1B63 #862893 #B235C3 #C661D4 #D891E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B235C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B235C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235C3

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235C3	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.225 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d6',
    500: '#b235c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235c3;
$custom-light: #cd79d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.817,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57183,
    "c": 0.22546,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235C3

secondary

#90CC88

accent

#E1475A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235C3

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

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