#B237A0#B237A0

#B237A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.196 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A0
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(309, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, 60.77, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 68.22, 332.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1764 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.196 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0717, 14.7376, 34.7224)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A0 #37B249

analogous

#8637B2 #B237A0 #B23763

triadic

#B237A0 #A0B237 #37A0B2

tetradic

#B237A0 #B28637 #37B249 #3763B2

square

#B237A0 #B28637 #37B249 #3763B2

split-complementary

#B237A0 #63B237 #37B286

monochromatic

#541A4C #832976 #B237A0 #CC5ABB #DB89CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#B237A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B237A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A0

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A0	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3560A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.196 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78bc',
    500: '#b237a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a0;
$custom-light: #cc78bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.78,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55394,
    "c": 0.19572,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A0

secondary

#80C58A

accent

#DC614C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A0

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

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