#B236AA#B236AA

#B236AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.204 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236AA
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 62.71, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 72.49, 329.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1783 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.204 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9349, 15.0077, 39.5006)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236AA #36B23E

analogous

#7C36B2 #B236AA #B2366C

triadic

#B236AA #AAB236 #36AAB2

tetradic

#B236AA #B27C36 #36B23E #366CB2

square

#B236AA #B27C36 #36B23E #366CB2

split-complementary

#B236AA #6CB236 #36B27C

monochromatic

#541A50 #83287D #B236AA #CD59C5 #DB88D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B236AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B236AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236AA

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236AA	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B61AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.204 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c4',
    500: '#b236aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236aa;
$custom-light: #cd78c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55826,
    "c": 0.20446,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236AA

secondary

#7FC584

accent

#DD544B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236AA

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

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