#B237A2#B237A2

#B237A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.197 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A2
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 61.08, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 68.97, 332.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1766 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.197 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2480, 14.8081, 35.6512)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A2 #37B247

analogous

#8437B2 #B237A2 #B23764

triadic

#B237A2 #A2B237 #37A2B2

tetradic

#B237A2 #B28437 #37B247 #3764B2

square

#B237A2 #B28437 #37B247 #3764B2

split-complementary

#B237A2 #64B237 #37B284

monochromatic

#541A4D #832977 #B237A2 #CC5ABD #DB89D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B237A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B237A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A2	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3460A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F729F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.197 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78be',
    500: '#b237a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a2;
$custom-light: #cc78be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.805,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55497,
    "c": 0.19721,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A2

secondary

#80C589

accent

#DC5E4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A2

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

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