#B236DD#B236DD

#B236DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.246 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236DD
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 221)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 75.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 71.72, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 94.24, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1756 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.246 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7283, 17.3250, 70.0127)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236DD #61DD36

analogous

#5F36DD #B236DD #DD36B5

triadic

#B236DD #DDB236 #36DDB2

tetradic

#B236DD #DD5F36 #61DD36 #36B5DD

square

#B236DD #DD5F36 #61DD36 #36B5DD

split-complementary

#B236DD #B5DD36 #36DD5F

monochromatic

#671683 #901FB7 #B236DD #C66AE6 #DA9FEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B236DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B236DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B236DD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B236DD	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3177D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.246 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ae8',
    500: '#b236dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236dd;
$custom-light: #ce7ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.551,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58949,
    "c": 0.24609,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236DD

secondary

#A6DB94

accent

#EE3A68

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236DD

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

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