#B236A7#B236A7

#B236A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.202 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A7
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 6.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 62.23, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 71.31, 330.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1781 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.202 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6543, 14.8954, 38.0230)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A7 #36B241

analogous

#7F36B2 #B236A7 #B23669

triadic

#B236A7 #A7B236 #36A7B2

tetradic

#B236A7 #B27F36 #36B241 #3669B2

square

#B236A7 #B27F36 #36B241 #3669B2

split-complementary

#B236A7 #69B236 #36B27F

monochromatic

#541A4F #83287B #B236A7 #CD59C2 #DB88D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B236A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B236A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A7

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A7	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E61AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.202 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c1',
    500: '#b236a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a7;
$custom-light: #cd78c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.323,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55665,
    "c": 0.20217,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A7

secondary

#7FC585

accent

#DD584B

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A7

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

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