#B236D9#B236D9

#B236D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.243 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236D9
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 70.96, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 92.46, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1762 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.243 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2017, 17.1144, 67.2394)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236D9 #5DD936

analogous

#6036D9 #B236D9 #D936AF

triadic

#B236D9 #D9B236 #36D9B2

tetradic

#B236D9 #D96036 #5DD936 #36AFD9

square

#B236D9 #D96036 #5DD936 #36AFD9

split-complementary

#B236D9 #AFD936 #36D960

monochromatic

#65187D #8E21B0 #B236D9 #C669E3 #D99DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B236D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B236D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236D9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236D9	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3676D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.243 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ae6',
    500: '#b236d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236d9;
$custom-light: #ce7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.644,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5868,
    "c": 0.2427,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236D9

secondary

#A3D992

accent

#EB3D66

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236D9

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

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