#B236FF#B236FF

#B236FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.275 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B236FF
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 255)
HSL	hsl(277, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 78.38, -76.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 109.44, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.1689 -0.2172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.275 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7254, 19.3239, 96.3309)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B236FF #83FF36

analogous

#4D36FF #B236FF #FF36E7

triadic

#B236FF #FFB236 #36FFB2

tetradic

#B236FF #FF4D36 #83FF36 #36E7FF

square

#B236FF #FF4D36 #83FF36 #36E7FF

split-complementary

#B236FF #E7FF36 #36FF4D

monochromatic

#7300BB #9900F8 #B236FF #C973FF #E1B0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B236FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B236FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B236FF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B236FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B236FF	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007BFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b236ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.275 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07cff',
    500: '#b236ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b236ff;
$custom-light: #d07cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b236ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.015,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61384,
    "c": 0.27515,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B236FF

secondary

#BFEFA2

accent

#E60058

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#150B18

muted

#837C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B236FF

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

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