#B237DA#B237DA

#B237DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.243 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B237DA
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 218)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 70.81, -59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 92.52, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1752 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.243 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3792, 17.2606, 67.9421)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B237DA #5FDA37

analogous

#6037DA #B237DA #DA37B0

triadic

#B237DA #DAB237 #37DAB2

tetradic

#B237DA #DA6037 #5FDA37 #37B0DA

square

#B237DA #DA6037 #5FDA37 #37B0DA

split-complementary

#B237DA #B0DA37 #37DA60

monochromatic

#66187F #8F21B3 #B237DA #C66BE4 #DA9EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B237DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B237DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B237DA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B237DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B237DA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3677D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b237da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.243 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ae6',
    500: '#b237da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b237da;
$custom-light: #ce7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b237da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.276,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5883,
    "c": 0.24255,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B237DA

secondary

#A5D993

accent

#EC3C67

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B237DA

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

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