#B236C9#B236C9

#B236C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.229 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236C9
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 68.01, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 85.44, 322.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1778 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.229 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2207, 16.3220, 56.8057)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236C9 #4DC936

analogous

#6836C9 #B236C9 #C93697

triadic

#B236C9 #C9B236 #36C9B2

tetradic

#B236C9 #C96836 #4DC936 #3697C9

square

#B236C9 #C96836 #4DC936 #3697C9

split-complementary

#B236C9 #97C936 #36C968

monochromatic

#5D1C69 #872999 #B236C9 #C466D6 #D796E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B236C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B236C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236C9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236C9	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4775C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3537D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.229 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79da',
    500: '#b236c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236c9;
$custom-light: #cd79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.612,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57642,
    "c": 0.22933,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236C9

secondary

#97CE8C

accent

#E1475F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236C9

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

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