#B237A4#B237A4

#B237A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.199 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A4
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 61.39, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 69.73, 331.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1768 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.199 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4272, 14.8798, 36.5950)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A4 #37B245

analogous

#8237B2 #B237A4 #B23766

triadic

#B237A4 #A4B237 #37A4B2

tetradic

#B237A4 #B28237 #37B245 #3766B2

square

#B237A4 #B28237 #37B245 #3766B2

split-complementary

#B237A4 #66B237 #37B282

monochromatic

#541A4E #832979 #B237A4 #CC5ABF #DB89D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B237A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B237A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A4	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3260A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.199 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78bf',
    500: '#b237a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a4;
$custom-light: #cc78bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.829,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.556,
    "c": 0.1987,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A4

secondary

#80C588

accent

#DC5C4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A4

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

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