#B237AC#B237AC

#B237AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.205 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AC
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 62.67, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 72.87, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1773 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.205 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.1725, 15.1779, 40.5202)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AC #37B23D

analogous

#7A37B2 #B237AC #B2376E

triadic

#B237AC #ACB237 #37ACB2

tetradic

#B237AC #B27A37 #37B23D #376EB2

square

#B237AC #B27A37 #37B23D #376EB2

split-complementary

#B237AC #6EB237 #37B27A

monochromatic

#541A52 #83297F #B237AC #CC5AC7 #DB89D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B237AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B237AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AC	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9466D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.205 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c5',
    500: '#b237ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237ac;
$custom-light: #cc79c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.927,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56027,
    "c": 0.20482,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.15176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AC

secondary

#80C584

accent

#DC534C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AC

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

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