#B236BB#B236BB

#B236BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.218 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236BB
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 65.55, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 79.44, 325.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1785 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.218 325)
XYZ	xyz(28.6482, 15.6930, 48.5242)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236BB #3FBB36

analogous

#7036BB #B236BB #BB3681

triadic

#B236BB #BBB236 #36BBB2

tetradic

#B236BB #BB7036 #3FBB36 #3681BB

square

#B236BB #BB7036 #3FBB36 #3681BB

split-complementary

#B236BB #81BB36 #36BB70

monochromatic

#581B5C #85288C #B236BB #C95ED0 #D98DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B236BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B236BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236BB

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236BB	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F65BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.218 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d0',
    500: '#b236bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236bb;
$custom-light: #cd79d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.94,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56788,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236BB

secondary

#89C984

accent

#DF4953

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236BB

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

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