#B236A8#B236A8

#B236A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.203 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A8
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 62.39, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 71.70, 330.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1782 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.203 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7471, 14.9326, 38.5117)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A8 #36B240

analogous

#7E36B2 #B236A8 #B2366A

triadic

#B236A8 #A8B236 #36A8B2

tetradic

#B236A8 #B27E36 #36B240 #366AB2

square

#B236A8 #B27E36 #36B240 #366AB2

split-complementary

#B236A8 #6AB236 #36B27E

monochromatic

#541A4F #83287C #B236A8 #CD59C3 #DB88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A8	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D61AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.203 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c2',
    500: '#b236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a8;
$custom-light: #cd78c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.839,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55718,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A8

secondary

#7FC585

accent

#DD574B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A8

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

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