#B236C2#B236C2

#B236C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.224 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C2
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 66.77, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 82.42, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1783 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.224 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4159, 16.0001, 52.5674)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C2 #46C236

analogous

#6C36C2 #B236C2 #C2368C

triadic

#B236C2 #C2B236 #36C2B2

tetradic

#B236C2 #C26C36 #46C236 #368CC2

square

#B236C2 #C26C36 #46C236 #368CC2

split-complementary

#B236C2 #8CC236 #36C26C

monochromatic

#5A1B62 #862992 #B236C2 #C662D3 #D892E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B236C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B236C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C2

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C2	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.224 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d5',
    500: '#b236c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c2;
$custom-light: #cd79d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57208,
    "c": 0.22356,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C2

secondary

#90CC88

accent

#E04859

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C2

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

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