#B238A8#B238A8

#B238A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.201 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238A8
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 61.66, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 70.86, 330.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.176 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.201 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8421, 15.1226, 38.5434)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238A8 #38B242

analogous

#7F38B2 #B238A8 #B2386B

triadic

#B238A8 #A8B238 #38A8B2

tetradic

#B238A8 #B27F38 #38B242 #386BB2

square

#B238A8 #B27F38 #38B242 #386BB2

split-complementary

#B238A8 #6BB238 #38B27F

monochromatic

#551B50 #83297C #B238A8 #CC5CC2 #DA8AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B238A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B238A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238A8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238A8	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3062AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.201 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c2',
    500: '#b238a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238a8;
$custom-light: #cc79c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.918,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55906,
    "c": 0.20052,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238A8

secondary

#81C587

accent

#DC584C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238A8

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

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