#B236C1#B236C1

#B236C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.223 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C1
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 193)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 72%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 66.59, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 81.99, 324.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1783 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.223 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3040, 15.9553, 51.9779)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C1 #45C136

analogous

#6C36C1 #B236C1 #C1368A

triadic

#B236C1 #C1B236 #36C1B2

tetradic

#B236C1 #C16C36 #45C136 #368AC1

square

#B236C1 #C16C36 #45C136 #368AC1

split-complementary

#B236C1 #8AC136 #36C16C

monochromatic

#5A1B61 #862991 #B236C1 #C761D3 #D891E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B236C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B236C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C1

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C1	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D74BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.223 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d4',
    500: '#b236c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c1;
$custom-light: #cd79d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.525,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57148,
    "c": 0.22275,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C1

secondary

#8FCB88

accent

#E04859

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C1

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

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