#B237A3#B237A3

#B237A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.198 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A3
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 61.23, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 69.35, 332.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1767 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.198 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3373, 14.8438, 36.1212)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A3 #37B246

analogous

#8337B2 #B237A3 #B23765

triadic

#B237A3 #A3B237 #37A3B2

tetradic

#B237A3 #B28337 #37B246 #3765B2

square

#B237A3 #B28337 #37B246 #3765B2

split-complementary

#B237A3 #65B237 #37B283

monochromatic

#541A4D #832978 #B237A3 #CC5ABE #DB89D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B237A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B237A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A3

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A3	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3360A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.198 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78be',
    500: '#b237a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a3;
$custom-light: #cc78be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.317,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55548,
    "c": 0.19796,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A3

secondary

#80C589

accent

#DC5D4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A3

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

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