#B235C4#B235C4

#B235C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.226 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235C4
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 73%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 67.46, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 83.67, 323.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1791 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.226 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5960, 15.9984, 53.7430)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235C4 #47C435

analogous

#6B35C4 #B235C4 #C4358F

triadic

#B235C4 #C4B235 #35C4B2

tetradic

#B235C4 #C46B35 #47C435 #358FC4

square

#B235C4 #C46B35 #47C435 #358FC4

split-complementary

#B235C4 #8FC435 #35C46B

monochromatic

#5B1B64 #862894 #B235C4 #C662D4 #D792E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B235C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B235C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235C4

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235C4	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A74C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.226 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d6',
    500: '#b235c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235c4;
$custom-light: #cd79d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.448,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57245,
    "c": 0.22628,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235C4

secondary

#91CC88

accent

#E1475A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235C4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →