#B237D4#B237D4

#B237D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.237 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237D4
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 212)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 74.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 69.69, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 89.87, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1759 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.237 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6083, 16.9522, 63.8817)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237D4 #59D437

analogous

#6337D4 #B237D4 #D437A8

triadic

#B237D4 #D4B237 #37D4B2

tetradic

#B237D4 #D46337 #59D437 #37A8D4

square

#B237D4 #D46337 #59D437 #37A8D4

split-complementary

#B237D4 #A8D437 #37D463

monochromatic

#631A77 #8D24A9 #B237D4 #C569DF #D99CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B237D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B237D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237D4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237D4	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.237 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ae2',
    500: '#b237d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237d4;
$custom-light: #cd7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.006,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58433,
    "c": 0.23748,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237D4

secondary

#A0D691

accent

#E84064

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237D4

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

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