#B238AC#B238AC

#B238AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.204 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238AC
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 62.30, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 72.45, 329.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1763 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.204 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.2205, 15.2739, 40.5362)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238AC #38B23E

analogous

#7B38B2 #B238AC #B2386F

triadic

#B238AC #ACB238 #38ACB2

tetradic

#B238AC #B27B38 #38B23E #386FB2

square

#B238AC #B27B38 #38B23E #386FB2

split-complementary

#B238AC #6FB238 #38B27B

monochromatic

#551B52 #83297F #B238AC #CC5CC6 #DA8AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B238AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B238AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238AC

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238AC	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B73A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.204 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c5',
    500: '#b238ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238ac;
$custom-light: #cc79c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.951,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56121,
    "c": 0.20362,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.15272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238AC

secondary

#81C585

accent

#DC534C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238AC

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

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