#B237B4#B237B4

#B237B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.211 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B4
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 64.00, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 76.12, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1776 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.211 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9641, 15.4946, 44.6890)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B4 #39B437

analogous

#7337B4 #B237B4 #B43777

triadic

#B237B4 #B4B237 #37B4B2

tetradic

#B237B4 #B47337 #39B437 #3777B4

square

#B237B4 #B47337 #39B437 #3777B4

split-complementary

#B237B4 #77B437 #37B473

monochromatic

#551A56 #842985 #B237B4 #CB5BCD #DA8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B237B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B237B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B4	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2064B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.211 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cb',
    500: '#b237b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b4;
$custom-light: #cd79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.04,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56472,
    "c": 0.21111,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B4

secondary

#82C681

accent

#DD4B4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B4

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

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