#B236B4#B236B4

#B236B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.212 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B4
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 64.36, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 76.53, 327.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1786 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.212 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9171, 15.4005, 44.6734)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B4 #38B436

analogous

#7336B4 #B236B4 #B43677

triadic

#B236B4 #B4B236 #36B4B2

tetradic

#B236B4 #B47336 #38B436 #3677B4

square

#B236B4 #B47336 #38B436 #3677B4

split-complementary

#B236B4 #77B436 #36B473

monochromatic

#551A56 #832885 #B236B4 #CC5ACD #DA89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B236B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B236B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B4	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E63B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.212 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cb',
    500: '#b236b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b4;
$custom-light: #cd79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56382,
    "c": 0.21227,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B4

secondary

#81C680

accent

#DD4B4D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B4

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

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