#B237C4#B237C4

#B237C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.224 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C4
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 66.77, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 82.88, 323.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1772 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.224 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6891, 16.1846, 53.7740)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C4 #49C437

analogous

#6B37C4 #B237C4 #C43790

triadic

#B237C4 #C4B237 #37C4B2

tetradic

#B237C4 #C46B37 #49C437 #3790C4

square

#B237C4 #C46B37 #49C437 #3790C4

split-complementary

#B237C4 #90C437 #37C46B

monochromatic

#5B1C64 #872A94 #B237C4 #C565D4 #D794E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B237C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B237C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C4	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B75C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4517A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.224 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad6',
    500: '#b237c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c4;
$custom-light: #cd7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57418,
    "c": 0.22411,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C4

secondary

#93CC8B

accent

#DF485C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C4

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

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