#B237B2#B237B2

#B237B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.210 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B2
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 63.66, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 75.30, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1775 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.21 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7618, 15.4137, 43.6238)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B2 #37B237

analogous

#7437B2 #B237B2 #B23774

triadic

#B237B2 #B2B237 #37B2B2

tetradic

#B237B2 #B27437 #37B237 #3774B2

square

#B237B2 #B27437 #37B237 #3774B2

split-complementary

#B237B2 #74B237 #37B274

monochromatic

#541A54 #832983 #B237B2 #CC5ACC #DB89DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B237B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B237B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B2	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2363B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.210 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c9',
    500: '#b237b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b2;
$custom-light: #cd79c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B2

secondary

#80C580

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B2

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

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