#B237A9#B237A9

#B237A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.203 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237A9
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 62.19, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 71.68, 330.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1772 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.203 331)
XYZ	xyz(26.8877, 15.0640, 39.0199)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237A9 #37B240

analogous

#7D37B2 #B237A9 #B2376B

triadic

#B237A9 #A9B237 #37A9B2

tetradic

#B237A9 #B27D37 #37B240 #376BB2

square

#B237A9 #B27D37 #37B240 #376BB2

split-complementary

#B237A9 #6BB237 #37B27D

monochromatic

#541A50 #83297D #B237A9 #CC5AC4 #DB89D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B237A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B237A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237A9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237A9	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D61AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.203 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c3',
    500: '#b237a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237a9;
$custom-light: #cc79c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.39,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.2025,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.15062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237A9

secondary

#80C585

accent

#DC564C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237A9

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

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