#B237AD#B237AD

#B237AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.206 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AD
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 62.83, -37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 73.27, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1774 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.206 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2689, 15.2165, 41.0279)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AD #37B23C

analogous

#7937B2 #B237AD #B2376F

triadic

#B237AD #ADB237 #37ADB2

tetradic

#B237AD #B27937 #37B23C #376FB2

square

#B237AD #B27937 #37B23C #376FB2

split-complementary

#B237AD #6FB237 #37B279

monochromatic

#541A52 #832980 #B237AD #CC5AC7 #DB89D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B237AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B237AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AD	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2962B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.206 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c6',
    500: '#b237ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237ad;
$custom-light: #cd79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.439,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56082,
    "c": 0.20559,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AD

secondary

#80C583

accent

#DC514C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AD

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

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