#B237B6#B237B6

#B237B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.213 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B6
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 64.34, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 76.95, 326.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1776 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.213 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1693, 15.5766, 45.7698)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B6 #3BB637

analogous

#7337B6 #B237B6 #B6377B

triadic

#B237B6 #B6B237 #37B6B2

tetradic

#B237B6 #B67337 #3BB637 #377BB6

square

#B237B6 #B67337 #3BB637 #377BB6

split-complementary

#B237B6 #7BB637 #37B673

monochromatic

#561B58 #842987 #B237B6 #CA5CCE #DA8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B237B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B237B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B6	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D64BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.213 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cc',
    500: '#b237b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b6;
$custom-light: #cd79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.11,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56587,
    "c": 0.21271,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B6

secondary

#85C682

accent

#DD4B4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B6

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

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