#B236B3#B236B3

#B236B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.211 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B3
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 64.19, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 76.12, 327.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1786 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.211 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8156, 15.3599, 44.1388)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B3 #37B336

analogous

#7336B3 #B236B3 #B33675

triadic

#B236B3 #B3B236 #36B3B2

tetradic

#B236B3 #B37336 #37B336 #3675B3

square

#B236B3 #B37336 #37B336 #3675B3

split-complementary

#B236B3 #75B336 #36B373

monochromatic

#541A55 #832884 #B236B3 #CC59CD #DB88DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B236B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B236B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B3

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B3	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2063B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.211 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd78ca',
    500: '#b236b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b3;
$custom-light: #cd78ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.52,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56325,
    "c": 0.21148,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B3

secondary

#80C580

accent

#DD4B4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B3

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

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