#B236BC#B236BC

#B236BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.219 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236BC
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 65.72, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 79.86, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1785 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.219 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7556, 15.7360, 49.0899)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236BC #40BC36

analogous

#6F36BC #B236BC #BC3683

triadic

#B236BC #BCB236 #36BCB2

tetradic

#B236BC #BC6F36 #40BC36 #3683BC

square

#B236BC #BC6F36 #40BC36 #3683BC

split-complementary

#B236BC #83BC36 #36BC6F

monochromatic

#581B5D #85288C #B236BC #C85ED1 #D88EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B236BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B236BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236BC

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236BC	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5074B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.219 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d1',
    500: '#b236bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236bc;
$custom-light: #cd79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.522,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56847,
    "c": 0.21868,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236BC

secondary

#8AC985

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236BC

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

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