#B237B8#B237B8

#B237B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.214 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237B8
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 64.68, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 77.78, 326.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1776 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.214 326)
XYZ	xyz(28.3774, 15.6599, 46.8661)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237B8 #3DB837

analogous

#7137B8 #B237B8 #B8377E

triadic

#B237B8 #B8B237 #37B8B2

tetradic

#B237B8 #B87137 #3DB837 #377EB8

square

#B237B8 #B87137 #3DB837 #377EB8

split-complementary

#B237B8 #7EB837 #37B871

monochromatic

#571B5A #842989 #B237B8 #C95DCF #D98DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B237B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B237B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237B8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237B8	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1964BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.214 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79ce',
    500: '#b237b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237b8;
$custom-light: #cd79ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.209,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56702,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.15658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237B8

secondary

#87C784

accent

#DD4A51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237B8

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

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