#B238AD#B238AD

#B238AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.204 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238AD
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 62.47, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 72.85, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1763 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.204 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3169, 15.3125, 41.0439)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238AD #38B23D

analogous

#7A38B2 #B238AD #B23870

triadic

#B238AD #ADB238 #38ADB2

tetradic

#B238AD #B27A38 #38B23D #3870B2

square

#B238AD #B27A38 #38B23D #3870B2

split-complementary

#B238AD #70B238 #38B27A

monochromatic

#551B53 #832980 #B238AD #CC5CC7 #DA8AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B238AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B238AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238AD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238AD	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8476E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.204 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c6',
    500: '#b238ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238ad;
$custom-light: #cc79c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.459,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.20439,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238AD

secondary

#81C584

accent

#DC524C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238AD

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

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