#B237A5#B237A5

#B237A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.199 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A5
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 61.55, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 70.12, 331.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1769 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.199 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5179, 14.9161, 37.0725)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A5 #37B244

analogous

#8137B2 #B237A5 #B23768

triadic

#B237A5 #A5B237 #37A5B2

tetradic

#B237A5 #B28137 #37B244 #3768B2

square

#B237A5 #B28137 #37B244 #3768B2

split-complementary

#B237A5 #68B237 #37B281

monochromatic

#541A4E #83297A #B237A5 #CC5AC0 #DB89D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B237A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B237A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A5	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3161A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.199 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78c0',
    500: '#b237a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a5;
$custom-light: #cc78c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.341,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55652,
    "c": 0.19945,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A5

secondary

#80C587

accent

#DC5B4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A5

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

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