#B237C2#B237C2

#B237C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.222 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C2
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 66.42, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 82.02, 324.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1773 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.222 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4629, 16.0941, 52.5831)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C2 #47C237

analogous

#6D37C2 #B237C2 #C2378D

triadic

#B237C2 #C2B237 #37C2B2

tetradic

#B237C2 #C26D37 #47C237 #378DC2

square

#B237C2 #C26D37 #47C237 #378DC2

split-complementary

#B237C2 #8DC237 #37C26D

monochromatic

#5B1C63 #862992 #B237C2 #C663D3 #D793E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B237C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B237C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C2	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D74BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.222 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79d5',
    500: '#b237c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c2;
$custom-light: #cd79d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.094,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57296,
    "c": 0.22246,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C2

secondary

#91CB89

accent

#DF495A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C2

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

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