#B236A1#B236A1

#B236A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.198 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A1
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 161)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 61.29, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 69.01, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1776 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.198 334)
XYZ	xyz(26.1125, 14.6787, 35.1693)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A1 #36B247

analogous

#8536B2 #B236A1 #B23663

triadic

#B236A1 #A1B236 #36A1B2

tetradic

#B236A1 #B28536 #36B247 #3663B2

square

#B236A1 #B28536 #36B247 #3663B2

split-complementary

#B236A1 #63B236 #36B285

monochromatic

#541A4C #832877 #B236A1 #CD59BD #DB88CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B236A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B236A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A1	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.198 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78bd',
    500: '#b236a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a1;
$custom-light: #cd78bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.226,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55351,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.14677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A1

secondary

#7FC589

accent

#DD5F4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A1

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

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