#B236B5#B236B5

#B236B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.213 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B5
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 64.52, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 76.94, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1786 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.213 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0193, 15.4414, 45.2118)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B5 #39B536

analogous

#7236B5 #B236B5 #B53678

triadic

#B236B5 #B5B236 #36B5B2

tetradic

#B236B5 #B57236 #39B536 #3678B5

square

#B236B5 #B57236 #39B536 #3678B5

split-complementary

#B236B5 #78B536 #36B572

monochromatic

#551A57 #842886 #B236B5 #CB5ACE #DA89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B236B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B236B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B5	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D63B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.213 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cc',
    500: '#b236b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b5;
$custom-light: #cd79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.583,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56439,
    "c": 0.21307,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B5

secondary

#82C681

accent

#DD4A4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B5

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

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