#B236A9#B236A9

#B236A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.204 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236A9
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 62.55, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 72.09, 330.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1782 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.204 331)
XYZ	xyz(26.8406, 14.9700, 39.0043)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236A9 #36B23F

analogous

#7D36B2 #B236A9 #B2366B

triadic

#B236A9 #A9B236 #36A9B2

tetradic

#B236A9 #B27D36 #36B23F #366BB2

square

#B236A9 #B27D36 #36B23F #366BB2

split-complementary

#B236A9 #6BB236 #36B27D

monochromatic

#541A50 #83287C #B236A9 #CD59C4 #DB88D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B236A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B236A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236A9

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236A9	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C61AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.204 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c3',
    500: '#b236a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236a9;
$custom-light: #cd78c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.355,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55772,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.14968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236A9

secondary

#7FC584

accent

#DD564B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236A9

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

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