#B237AA#B237AA

#B237AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.203 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AA
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 62.35, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 72.07, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1772 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.203 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9819, 15.1017, 39.5162)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AA #37B23F

analogous

#7C37B2 #B237AA #B2376D

triadic

#B237AA #AAB237 #37AAB2

tetradic

#B237AA #B27C37 #37B23F #376DB2

square

#B237AA #B27C37 #37B23F #376DB2

split-complementary

#B237AA #6DB237 #37B27C

monochromatic

#541A51 #83297D #B237AA #CC5AC5 #DB89D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B237AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B237AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AA

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AA	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.203 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c4',
    500: '#b237aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237aa;
$custom-light: #cc79c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.902,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55918,
    "c": 0.20327,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AA

secondary

#80C585

accent

#DC554C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AA

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

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