#B237A8#B237A8

#B237A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.202 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A8
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 62.02, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 71.28, 330.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1771 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.202 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7941, 15.0266, 38.5274)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A8 #37B241

analogous

#7E37B2 #B237A8 #B2376A

triadic

#B237A8 #A8B237 #37A8B2

tetradic

#B237A8 #B27E37 #37B241 #376AB2

square

#B237A8 #B27E37 #37B241 #376AB2

split-complementary

#B237A8 #6AB237 #37B27E

monochromatic

#541A50 #83297C #B237A8 #CC5AC3 #DB89D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#B237A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B237A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A8	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E61AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.202 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c2',
    500: '#b237a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a8;
$custom-light: #cc79c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.878,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55811,
    "c": 0.20174,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A8

secondary

#80C586

accent

#DC574C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A8

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

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