#B237C3#B237C3

#B237C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.223 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C3
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 66.59, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 82.45, 323.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1773 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.223 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5756, 16.1392, 53.1765)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C3 #48C337

analogous

#6C37C3 #B237C3 #C3378E

triadic

#B237C3 #C3B237 #37C3B2

tetradic

#B237C3 #C36C37 #48C337 #378EC3

square

#B237C3 #C36C37 #48C337 #378EC3

split-complementary

#B237C3 #8EC337 #37C36C

monochromatic

#5B1C64 #862A93 #B237C3 #C664D3 #D794E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B237C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B237C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C3	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4507A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.223 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad6',
    500: '#b237c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c3;
$custom-light: #cd7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57357,
    "c": 0.22329,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C3

secondary

#92CC8A

accent

#DF495B

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C3

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

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