#B236AE#B236AE

#B236AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.208 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236AE
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 63.36, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 74.08, 328.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1784 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.208 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3190, 15.1613, 41.5237)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236AE #36B23A

analogous

#7836B2 #B236AE #B23670

triadic

#B236AE #AEB236 #36AEB2

tetradic

#B236AE #B27836 #36B23A #3670B2

square

#B236AE #B27836 #36B23A #3670B2

split-complementary

#B236AE #70B236 #36B278

monochromatic

#541A52 #832880 #B236AE #CD59C9 #DB88D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B236AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B236AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236AE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236AE	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2762B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5972AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8466E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.208 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c6',
    500: '#b236ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236ae;
$custom-light: #cd78c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56045,
    "c": 0.20755,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236AE

secondary

#7FC581

accent

#DD504B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236AE

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

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