#B236C6#B236C6

#B236C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.227 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C6
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 67.48, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 84.14, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1781 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.227 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8712, 16.1822, 54.9652)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C6 #4AC636

analogous

#6A36C6 #B236C6 #C63692

triadic

#B236C6 #C6B236 #36C6B2

tetradic

#B236C6 #C66A36 #4AC636 #3692C6

square

#B236C6 #C66A36 #4AC636 #3692C6

split-complementary

#B236C6 #92C636 #36C66A

monochromatic

#5C1C66 #872996 #B236C6 #C564D5 #D794E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B236C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B236C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C6	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4975C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4517B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.227 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d8',
    500: '#b236c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c6;
$custom-light: #cd79d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.22685,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C6

secondary

#94CD8B

accent

#E0475D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C6

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

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