#B236A5#B236A5

#B236A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.201 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A5
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 61.91, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 70.53, 331.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.178 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.201 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4709, 14.8221, 37.0568)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A5 #36B243

analogous

#8136B2 #B236A5 #B23667

triadic

#B236A5 #A5B236 #36A5B2

tetradic

#B236A5 #B28136 #36B243 #3667B2

square

#B236A5 #B28136 #36B243 #3667B2

split-complementary

#B236A5 #67B236 #36B281

monochromatic

#541A4E #832879 #B236A5 #CD59C0 #DB88D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B236A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B236A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A5	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3060A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.201 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c0',
    500: '#b236a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a5;
$custom-light: #cd78c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.29,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55559,
    "c": 0.20066,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A5

secondary

#7FC586

accent

#DD5A4B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A5

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

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