#B237BC#B237BC

#B237BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.218 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237BC
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 65.36, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 79.46, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1775 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.218 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8027, 15.8300, 49.1056)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237BC #41BC37

analogous

#7037BC #B237BC #BC3783

triadic

#B237BC #BCB237 #37BCB2

tetradic

#B237BC #BC7037 #41BC37 #3783BC

square

#B237BC #BC7037 #41BC37 #3783BC

split-complementary

#B237BC #83BC37 #37BC70

monochromatic

#581B5D #85298D #B237BC #C860D0 #D88FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B237BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B237BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237BC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237BC	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1065C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.218 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d1',
    500: '#b237bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237bc;
$custom-light: #cd79d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.489,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56937,
    "c": 0.21755,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237BC

secondary

#8BC986

accent

#DE4A55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237BC

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

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