#B236AC#B236AC

#B236AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.206 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236AC
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 63.03, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 73.28, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1784 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.206 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.1255, 15.0839, 40.5045)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236AC #36B23C

analogous

#7A36B2 #B236AC #B2366E

triadic

#B236AC #ACB236 #36ACB2

tetradic

#B236AC #B27A36 #36B23C #366EB2

square

#B236AC #B27A36 #36B23C #366EB2

split-complementary

#B236AC #6EB236 #36B27A

monochromatic

#541A51 #83287F #B236AC #CD59C7 #DB88D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B236AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B236AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236AC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236AC	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2962AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A72A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9456D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.206 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c5',
    500: '#b236ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236ac;
$custom-light: #cd78c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.903,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55935,
    "c": 0.20601,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236AC

secondary

#7FC582

accent

#DD524B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236AC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →