#B236B1#B236B1

#B236B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.210 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B1
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 63.85, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 75.30, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1785 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.21 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6148, 15.2796, 43.0812)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B1 #36B237

analogous

#7536B2 #B236B1 #B23673

triadic

#B236B1 #B1B236 #36B1B2

tetradic

#B236B1 #B27536 #36B237 #3673B2

square

#B236B1 #B27536 #36B237 #3673B2

split-complementary

#B236B1 #73B236 #36B275

monochromatic

#541A54 #832882 #B236B1 #CD59CC #DB88DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B236B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B236B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B1	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2363B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.210 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78c9',
    500: '#b236b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b1;
$custom-light: #cd78c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.484,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.2099,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B1

secondary

#7FC580

accent

#DD4C4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B1

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

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