#B238A2#B238A2

#B238A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.196 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238A2
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 60.70, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 68.54, 332.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1756 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.196 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2960, 14.9041, 35.6672)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238A2 #38B248

analogous

#8538B2 #B238A2 #B23865

triadic

#B238A2 #A2B238 #38A2B2

tetradic

#B238A2 #B28538 #38B248 #3865B2

square

#B238A2 #B28538 #38B248 #3865B2

split-complementary

#B238A2 #65B238 #38B285

monochromatic

#551B4D #832978 #B238A2 #CC5CBD #DA8AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B238A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#B238A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238A2

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238A2	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3560A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F729F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.196 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79be',
    500: '#b238a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238a2;
$custom-light: #cc79be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.869,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55592,
    "c": 0.19597,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238A2

secondary

#81C58A

accent

#DC5F4C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF6

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238A2

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

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