#B236B9#B236B9

#B236B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.216 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236B9
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 65.20, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 78.60, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1786 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.216 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4356, 15.6079, 47.4044)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236B9 #3DB936

analogous

#7136B9 #B236B9 #B9367F

triadic

#B236B9 #B9B236 #36B9B2

tetradic

#B236B9 #B97136 #3DB936 #367FB9

square

#B236B9 #B97136 #3DB936 #367FB9

split-complementary

#B236B9 #7FB936 #36B971

monochromatic

#571A5A #84288A #B236B9 #C95DD0 #D98CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B236B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B236B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236B9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236B9	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1464BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.216 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ce',
    500: '#b236b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236b9;
$custom-light: #cd79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.794,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.21626,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236B9

secondary

#87C883

accent

#DE4A52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236B9

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

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