#B236C4#B236C4

#B236C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.225 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C4
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 67.12, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 83.28, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1782 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.225 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6420, 16.0905, 53.7583)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C4 #48C436

analogous

#6B36C4 #B236C4 #C4368F

triadic

#B236C4 #C4B236 #36C4B2

tetradic

#B236C4 #C46B36 #48C436 #368FC4

square

#B236C4 #C46B36 #48C436 #368FC4

split-complementary

#B236C4 #8FC436 #36C46B

monochromatic

#5B1C64 #862994 #B236C4 #C663D4 #D793E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B236C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B236C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C4	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.225 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d6',
    500: '#b236c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c4;
$custom-light: #cd79d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.394,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.2252,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C4

secondary

#92CC89

accent

#E0485B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C4

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

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