#B237B3#B237B3

#B237B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.210 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B3
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 63.83, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 75.71, 327.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1776 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.21 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8626, 15.4540, 44.1545)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B3 #38B337

analogous

#7437B3 #B237B3 #B33776

triadic

#B237B3 #B3B237 #37B3B2

tetradic

#B237B3 #B37437 #38B337 #3776B3

square

#B237B3 #B37437 #38B337 #3776B3

split-complementary

#B237B3 #76B337 #37B374

monochromatic

#551A55 #832984 #B237B3 #CC5BCD #DA8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B237B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B237B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B3

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B3	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2263B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.210 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ca',
    500: '#b237b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b3;
$custom-light: #cd79ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.516,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56416,
    "c": 0.21031,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B3

secondary

#81C581

accent

#DC4B4D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B3

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

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