#B236B8#B236B8

#B236B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.215 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B8
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 65.03, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 78.19, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1786 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.215 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.3304, 15.5659, 46.8504)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B8 #3CB836

analogous

#7136B8 #B236B8 #B8367D

triadic

#B236B8 #B8B236 #36B8B2

tetradic

#B236B8 #B87136 #3CB836 #367DB8

square

#B236B8 #B87136 #3CB836 #367DB8

split-complementary

#B236B8 #7DB836 #36B871

monochromatic

#561A59 #842889 #B236B8 #CA5CCF #D98BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B236B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B236B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B8	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1764BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.215 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ce',
    500: '#b236b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b8;
$custom-light: #cd79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56612,
    "c": 0.21546,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.15564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B8

secondary

#86C782

accent

#DE4A51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B8

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

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