#B236A6#B236A6

#B236A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.201 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A6
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 62.07, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 70.92, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.178 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.201 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5622, 14.8586, 37.5380)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A6 #36B242

analogous

#8036B2 #B236A6 #B23668

triadic

#B236A6 #A6B236 #36A6B2

tetradic

#B236A6 #B28036 #36B242 #3668B2

square

#B236A6 #B28036 #36B242 #3668B2

split-complementary

#B236A6 #68B236 #36B280

monochromatic

#541A4E #83287A #B236A6 #CD59C1 #DB88D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B236A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B236A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A6

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A6	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F60A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.201 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c1',
    500: '#b236a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a6;
$custom-light: #cd78c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.806,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55612,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A6

secondary

#7FC586

accent

#DD594B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A6

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

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