#B237A6#B237A6

#B237A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.200 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A6
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 61.71, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 70.50, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.177 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.2 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6093, 14.9526, 37.5537)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A6 #37B243

analogous

#8037B2 #B237A6 #B23768

triadic

#B237A6 #A6B237 #37A6B2

tetradic

#B237A6 #B28037 #37B243 #3768B2

square

#B237A6 #B28037 #37B243 #3768B2

split-complementary

#B237A6 #68B237 #37B280

monochromatic

#541A4F #83297A #B237A6 #CC5AC1 #DB89D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B237A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B237A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A6	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3061A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.200 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc78c1',
    500: '#b237a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a6;
$custom-light: #cc78c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.854,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55705,
    "c": 0.20021,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A6

secondary

#80C587

accent

#DC5A4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A6

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

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