#B236D1#B236D1

#B236D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.236 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236D1
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 209)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 69.47, -55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 88.93, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1771 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.236 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1863, 16.7082, 61.8915)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236D1 #55D136

analogous

#6536D1 #B236D1 #D136A3

triadic

#B236D1 #D1B236 #36D1B2

tetradic

#B236D1 #D16536 #55D136 #36A3D1

square

#B236D1 #D16536 #55D136 #36A3D1

split-complementary

#B236D1 #A3D136 #36D165

monochromatic

#611A72 #8B26A4 #B236D1 #C568DC #D89AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B236D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B236D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236D1

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236D1	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F76CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.236 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ae0',
    500: '#b236d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236d1;
$custom-light: #cd7ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.23598,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236D1

secondary

#9DD38F

accent

#E64263

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236D1

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

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