#B236A3#B236A3

#B236A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.199 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A3
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, 61.60, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 69.77, 332.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1778 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.199 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2903, 14.7498, 36.1056)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A3 #36B245

analogous

#8336B2 #B236A3 #B23665

triadic

#B236A3 #A3B236 #36A3B2

tetradic

#B236A3 #B28336 #36B245 #3665B2

square

#B236A3 #B28336 #36B245 #3665B2

split-complementary

#B236A3 #65B236 #36B283

monochromatic

#541A4D #832878 #B236A3 #CD59BF #DB88D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#B236A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B236A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A3	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3260A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.199 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78be',
    500: '#b236a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a3;
$custom-light: #cd78be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.258,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.19917,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A3

secondary

#7FC587

accent

#DD5D4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A3

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

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