#B236CF#B236CF

#B236CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.234 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236CF
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 73.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 69.11, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 88.05, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1773 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.234 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9403, 16.6098, 60.5957)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236CF #53CF36

analogous

#6536CF #B236CF #CF36A0

triadic

#B236CF #CFB236 #36CFB2

tetradic

#B236CF #CF6536 #53CF36 #36A0CF

square

#B236CF #CF6536 #53CF36 #36A0CF

split-complementary

#B236CF #A0CF36 #36CF65

monochromatic

#601B70 #8A27A1 #B236CF #C567DB #D899E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B236CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B236CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236CF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236CF	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.234 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ade',
    500: '#b236cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236cf;
$custom-light: #cd7ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.627,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.23432,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236CF

secondary

#9BD28F

accent

#E54362

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236CF

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

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