#B237C6#B237C6

#B237C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.226 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237C6
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(292, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 67.13, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 83.74, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1771 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.226 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9182, 16.2762, 54.9809)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237C6 #4BC637

analogous

#6A37C6 #B237C6 #C63793

triadic

#B237C6 #C6B237 #37C6B2

tetradic

#B237C6 #C66A37 #4BC637 #3793C6

square

#B237C6 #C66A37 #4BC637 #3793C6

split-complementary

#B237C6 #93C637 #37C66A

monochromatic

#5C1C66 #872A96 #B237C6 #C566D4 #D796E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B237C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B237C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237C6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237C6	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A75C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4527C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.226 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad8',
    500: '#b237c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237c6;
$custom-light: #cd7ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.608,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57542,
    "c": 0.22576,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237C6

secondary

#95CD8C

accent

#E0485D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237C6

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

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