#B236B6#B236B6

#B236B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.214 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B6
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 64.69, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 77.35, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1786 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.214 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1223, 15.4826, 45.7541)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B6 #3AB636

analogous

#7236B6 #B236B6 #B6367A

triadic

#B236B6 #B6B236 #36B6B2

tetradic

#B236B6 #B67236 #3AB636 #367AB6

square

#B236B6 #B67236 #3AB636 #367AB6

split-complementary

#B236B6 #7AB636 #36B672

monochromatic

#561A58 #842887 #B236B6 #CB5BCE #DA8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B236B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B236B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B6	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B64BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5473B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.214 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cc',
    500: '#b236b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b6;
$custom-light: #cd79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56497,
    "c": 0.21386,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B6

secondary

#83C681

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B6

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

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