#B236AD#B236AD

#B236AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.207 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236AD
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 63.20, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 73.68, 329.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1784 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.207 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2219, 15.1225, 41.0122)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236AD #36B23B

analogous

#7936B2 #B236AD #B2366F

triadic

#B236AD #ADB236 #36ADB2

tetradic

#B236AD #B27936 #36B23B #366FB2

square

#B236AD #B27936 #36B23B #366FB2

split-complementary

#B236AD #6FB236 #36B279

monochromatic

#541A52 #83287F #B236AD #CD59C8 #DB88D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B236AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B236AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236AD

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236AD	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2862B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5972AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.207 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c6',
    500: '#b236ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236ad;
$custom-light: #cd78c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.419,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55989,
    "c": 0.20678,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236AD

secondary

#7FC582

accent

#DD514B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236AD

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

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