#B237AF#B237AF

#B237AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.207 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237AF
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 63.16, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 74.07, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1775 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.207 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4639, 15.2945, 42.0547)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237AF #37B23A

analogous

#7737B2 #B237AF #B23772

triadic

#B237AF #AFB237 #37AFB2

tetradic

#B237AF #B27737 #37B23A #3772B2

square

#B237AF #B27737 #37B23A #3772B2

split-complementary

#B237AF #72B237 #37B277

monochromatic

#541A53 #832981 #B237AF #CC5AC9 #DB89D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B237AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B237AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237AF

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237AF	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2763B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8486F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.207 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c7',
    500: '#b237af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237af;
$custom-light: #cd79c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.463,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56192,
    "c": 0.20716,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237AF

secondary

#80C582

accent

#DC4F4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237AF

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

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