#B238AA#B238AA

#B238AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.202 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238AA
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 61.98, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 71.65, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.1762 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.202 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0299, 15.1977, 39.5322)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238AA #38B240

analogous

#7D38B2 #B238AA #B2386D

triadic

#B238AA #AAB238 #38AAB2

tetradic

#B238AA #B27D38 #38B240 #386DB2

square

#B238AA #B27D38 #38B240 #386DB2

split-complementary

#B238AA #6DB238 #38B27D

monochromatic

#551B51 #83297E #B238AA #CC5CC4 #DA8AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B238AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B238AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238AA

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238AA	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C73A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9466D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.202 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c4',
    500: '#b238aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238aa;
$custom-light: #cc79c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56013,
    "c": 0.20206,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238AA

secondary

#81C586

accent

#DC564C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238AA

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

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