#B235D7#B235D7

#B235D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.242 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B235D7
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 215)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 70.92, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 91.95, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1773 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.242 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8971, 16.9189, 65.8623)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B235D7 #5AD735

analogous

#6135D7 #B235D7 #D735AB

triadic

#B235D7 #D7B235 #35D7B2

tetradic

#B235D7 #D76135 #5AD735 #35ABD7

square

#B235D7 #D76135 #5AD735 #35ABD7

split-complementary

#B235D7 #ABD735 #35D761

monochromatic

#63187A #8D22AD #B235D7 #C568E1 #D99BEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B235D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B235D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B235D7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B235D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B235D7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3876D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b235d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.242 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce79e4',
    500: '#b235d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b235d7;
$custom-light: #ce79e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b235d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.296,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.24202,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B235D7

secondary

#A1D791

accent

#EA3E65

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B235D7

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

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