#B237BF#B237BF

#B237BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.220 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237BF
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 65.89, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 80.74, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1774 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.22 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1294, 15.9607, 50.8265)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237BF #44BF37

analogous

#6E37BF #B237BF #BF3788

triadic

#B237BF #BFB237 #37BFB2

tetradic

#B237BF #BF6E37 #44BF37 #3788BF

square

#B237BF #BF6E37 #44BF37 #3788BF

split-complementary

#B237BF #88BF37 #37BF6E

monochromatic

#591C60 #86298F #B237BF #C762D2 #D891DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B237BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B237BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237BF

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237BF	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0466C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.220 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d3',
    500: '#b237bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237bf;
$custom-light: #cd79d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57115,
    "c": 0.22,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237BF

secondary

#8ECA88

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237BF

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

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