#B236A0#B236A0

#B236A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.197 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A0
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 61.13, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 68.64, 332.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1775 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.197 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0247, 14.6436, 34.7067)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A0 #36B248

analogous

#8636B2 #B236A0 #B23662

triadic

#B236A0 #A0B236 #36A0B2

tetradic

#B236A0 #B28636 #36B248 #3662B2

square

#B236A0 #B28636 #36B248 #3662B2

split-complementary

#B236A0 #62B236 #36B286

monochromatic

#541A4C #832876 #B236A0 #CD59BC #DB88CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#B236A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B236A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A0

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A0	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.197 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78bc',
    500: '#b236a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a0;
$custom-light: #cd78bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.71,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.553,
    "c": 0.19696,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A0

secondary

#7FC589

accent

#DD604B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A0

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

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