#B237B7#B237B7

#B237B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.214 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B7
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 64.51, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 77.36, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1776 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.214 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2730, 15.6181, 46.3160)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B7 #3CB737

analogous

#7237B7 #B237B7 #B7377C

triadic

#B237B7 #B7B237 #37B7B2

tetradic

#B237B7 #B77237 #3CB737 #377CB7

square

#B237B7 #B77237 #3CB737 #377CB7

split-complementary

#B237B7 #7CB737 #37B772

monochromatic

#561B59 #842988 #B237B7 #CA5DCE #D98CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B237B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B237B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B7	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B64BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5473B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.214 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79cd',
    500: '#b237b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b7;
$custom-light: #cd79cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.656,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56644,
    "c": 0.21351,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B7

secondary

#86C783

accent

#DD4B50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B7

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

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