#B236A4#B236A4

#B236A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.200 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A4
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 61.76, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 70.15, 331.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1779 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.2 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3802, 14.7858, 36.5793)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A4 #36B244

analogous

#8236B2 #B236A4 #B23666

triadic

#B236A4 #A4B236 #36A4B2

tetradic

#B236A4 #B28236 #36B244 #3666B2

square

#B236A4 #B28236 #36B244 #3666B2

split-complementary

#B236A4 #66B236 #36B282

monochromatic

#541A4D #832879 #B236A4 #CD59BF #DB88D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B236A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B236A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A4

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A4	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3160A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.200 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78bf',
    500: '#b236a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a4;
$custom-light: #cd78bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.774,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55506,
    "c": 0.19992,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A4

secondary

#7FC587

accent

#DD5B4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A4

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

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