#B237AB#B237AB

#B237AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.204 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AB
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 62.51, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 72.47, 329.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1773 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.204 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0768, 15.1397, 40.0163)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AB #37B23E

analogous

#7C37B2 #B237AB #B2376D

triadic

#B237AB #ABB237 #37ABB2

tetradic

#B237AB #B27C37 #37B23E #376DB2

square

#B237AB #B27C37 #37B23E #376DB2

split-complementary

#B237AB #6DB237 #37B27C

monochromatic

#541A51 #83297E #B237AB #CC5AC6 #DB89D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B237AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B237AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AB

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AB	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B62AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9466D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.204 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c4',
    500: '#b237ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237ab;
$custom-light: #cc79c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.415,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.20404,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AB

secondary

#80C584

accent

#DC544C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AB

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

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