#B236B7#B236B7

#B236B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.215 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B7
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 64.86, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 77.77, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1786 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.215 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2260, 15.5241, 46.3003)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B7 #3BB736

analogous

#7236B7 #B236B7 #B7367C

triadic

#B236B7 #B7B236 #36B7B2

tetradic

#B236B7 #B77236 #3BB736 #367CB7

square

#B236B7 #B77236 #3BB736 #367CB7

split-complementary

#B236B7 #7CB736 #36B772

monochromatic

#561A58 #842888 #B236B7 #CA5BCF #DA8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B236B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B236B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B7	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1964BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.215 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cd',
    500: '#b236b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b7;
$custom-light: #cd79cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.674,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56554,
    "c": 0.21466,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B7

secondary

#85C782

accent

#DE4A50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B7

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

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