#B237AE#B237AE

#B237AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.206 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AE
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 63.00, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 73.67, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1774 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.206 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3660, 15.2554, 41.5394)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AE #37B23B

analogous

#7837B2 #B237AE #B23770

triadic

#B237AE #AEB237 #37AEB2

tetradic

#B237AE #B27837 #37B23B #3770B2

square

#B237AE #B27837 #37B23B #3770B2

split-complementary

#B237AE #70B237 #37B278

monochromatic

#541A53 #832980 #B237AE #CC5AC8 #DB89D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B237AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B237AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AE	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2862B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5973AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.206 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c6',
    500: '#b237ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237ae;
$custom-light: #cd79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.951,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56136,
    "c": 0.20637,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AE

secondary

#80C582

accent

#DC504C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AE

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

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