#B237B1#B237B1

#B237B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.209 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B1
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 177)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 63.50, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 74.89, 327.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1775 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.209 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6618, 15.3736, 43.0969)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B1 #37B238

analogous

#7537B2 #B237B1 #B23773

triadic

#B237B1 #B1B237 #37B1B2

tetradic

#B237B1 #B27537 #37B238 #3773B2

square

#B237B1 #B27537 #37B238 #3773B2

split-complementary

#B237B1 #73B237 #37B275

monochromatic

#541A54 #832983 #B237B1 #CC5ACB #DB89DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B237B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B237B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B1	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2463B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.209 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c9',
    500: '#b237b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b1;
$custom-light: #cd79c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.488,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56303,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B1

secondary

#80C581

accent

#DC4D4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B1

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

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