#B237C0#B237C0

#B237C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.221 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C0
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 192)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 66.06, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 81.16, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1774 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.221 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2398, 16.0049, 51.4081)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C0 #45C037

analogous

#6D37C0 #B237C0 #C03789

triadic

#B237C0 #C0B237 #37C0B2

tetradic

#B237C0 #C06D37 #45C037 #3789C0

square

#B237C0 #C06D37 #45C037 #3789C0

split-complementary

#B237C0 #89C037 #37C06D

monochromatic

#5A1C61 #862990 #B237C0 #C762D2 #D892E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B237C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B237C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C0

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C0	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.221 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d4',
    500: '#b237c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c0;
$custom-light: #cd79d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.869,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57175,
    "c": 0.22082,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C0

secondary

#8FCB88

accent

#DF4958

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C0

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

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