#B236C3#B236C3

#B236C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.224 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C3
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 66.94, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 82.85, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1782 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.224 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5286, 16.0451, 53.1609)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C3 #47C336

analogous

#6C36C3 #B236C3 #C3368E

triadic

#B236C3 #C3B236 #36C3B2

tetradic

#B236C3 #C36C36 #47C336 #368EC3

square

#B236C3 #C36C36 #47C336 #368EC3

split-complementary

#B236C3 #8EC336 #36C36C

monochromatic

#5B1B63 #862993 #B236C3 #C663D4 #D792E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B236C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B236C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C3	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.224 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d6',
    500: '#b236c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c3;
$custom-light: #cd79d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.766,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5727,
    "c": 0.22438,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C3

secondary

#91CC89

accent

#E0485A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C3

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

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