#B236A2#B236A2

#B236A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.198 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A2
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 61.44, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 69.39, 332.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1777 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.198 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2010, 14.7141, 35.6356)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A2 #36B246

analogous

#8436B2 #B236A2 #B23664

triadic

#B236A2 #A2B236 #36A2B2

tetradic

#B236A2 #B28436 #36B246 #3664B2

square

#B236A2 #B28436 #36B246 #3664B2

split-complementary

#B236A2 #64B236 #36B284

monochromatic

#541A4D #832877 #B236A2 #CD59BE #DB88D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B236A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B236A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A2	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3360A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E719F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.198 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78be',
    500: '#b236a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a2;
$custom-light: #cd78be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.742,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55402,
    "c": 0.19842,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A2

secondary

#7FC588

accent

#DD5E4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A2

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

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