#B237A7#B237A7

#B237A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.201 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A7
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 167)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 6.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 61.86, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 70.89, 330.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.177 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.201 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7013, 14.9895, 38.0387)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A7 #37B242

analogous

#7F37B2 #B237A7 #B23769

triadic

#B237A7 #A7B237 #37A7B2

tetradic

#B237A7 #B27F37 #37B242 #3769B2

square

#B237A7 #B27F37 #37B242 #3769B2

split-complementary

#B237A7 #69B237 #37B27F

monochromatic

#541A4F #83297B #B237A7 #CC5AC2 #DB89D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B237A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B237A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A7	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F61AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.201 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c1',
    500: '#b237a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a7;
$custom-light: #cc79c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.366,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.20097,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A7

secondary

#80C586

accent

#DC594C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A7

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

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