#B236AF#B236AF

#B236AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.208 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236AF
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 63.52, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 74.49, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1785 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.208 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4169, 15.2005, 42.0391)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236AF #36B239

analogous

#7736B2 #B236AF #B23671

triadic

#B236AF #AFB236 #36AFB2

tetradic

#B236AF #B27736 #36B239 #3671B2

square

#B236AF #B27736 #36B239 #3671B2

split-complementary

#B236AF #71B236 #36B277

monochromatic

#541A53 #832881 #B236AF #CD59CA #DB88D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B236AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B236AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236AF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236AF	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2562B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8476F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.208 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c7',
    500: '#b236af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236af;
$custom-light: #cd78c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.452,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.20834,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236AF

secondary

#7FC581

accent

#DD4E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236AF

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

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