#B237B0#B237B0

#B237B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.208 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B0
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 63.33, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 74.48, 328.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1775 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.208 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5625, 15.3339, 42.5739)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B0 #37B239

analogous

#7737B2 #B237B0 #B23772

triadic

#B237B0 #B0B237 #37B0B2

tetradic

#B237B0 #B27737 #37B239 #3772B2

square

#B237B0 #B27737 #37B239 #3772B2

split-complementary

#B237B0 #72B237 #37B277

monochromatic

#541A54 #832982 #B237B0 #CC5ACA #DB89D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B237B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B237B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B0

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B0	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2663B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8486F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.208 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c8',
    500: '#b237b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b0;
$custom-light: #cd79c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.976,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56247,
    "c": 0.20794,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B0

secondary

#80C581

accent

#DC4E4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B0

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

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