#B237D5#B237D5

#B237D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.238 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237D5
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 69.87, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 90.31, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1758 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.238 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7348, 17.0028, 64.5481)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237D5 #5AD537

analogous

#6337D5 #B237D5 #D537A9

triadic

#B237D5 #D5B237 #37D5B2

tetradic

#B237D5 #D56337 #5AD537 #37A9D5

square

#B237D5 #D56337 #5AD537 #37A9D5

split-complementary

#B237D5 #A9D537 #37D563

monochromatic

#631978 #8D24AB #B237D5 #C56AE0 #D99CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B237D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B237D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237D5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237D5	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C76D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.238 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ae3',
    500: '#b237d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237d5;
$custom-light: #cd7ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.709,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.23831,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237D5

secondary

#A1D692

accent

#E84065

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237D5

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

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