#B235CA#B235CA

#B235CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.231 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235CA
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 202)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 68.54, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 86.26, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1787 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.231 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2926, 16.2771, 57.4118)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235CA #4DCA35

analogous

#6835CA #B235CA #CA3597

triadic

#B235CA #CAB235 #35CAB2

tetradic

#B235CA #CA6835 #4DCA35 #3597CA

square

#B235CA #CA6835 #4DCA35 #3597CA

split-complementary

#B235CA #97CA35 #35CA68

monochromatic

#5D1C69 #87289A #B235CA #C465D7 #D796E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B235CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B235CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235CA

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235CA	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.231 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79db',
    500: '#b235ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235ca;
$custom-light: #cd79db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.336,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5762,
    "c": 0.2312,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235CA

secondary

#97CF8C

accent

#E2465F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235CA

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

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