#B238B0#B238B0

#B238B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.207 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238B0
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 62.96, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 74.06, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1764 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.207 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6104, 15.4299, 42.5899)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238B0 #38B23A

analogous

#7738B2 #B238B0 #B23873

triadic

#B238B0 #B0B238 #38B0B2

tetradic

#B238B0 #B27738 #38B23A #3873B2

square

#B238B0 #B27738 #38B23A #3873B2

split-complementary

#B238B0 #73B238 #38B277

monochromatic

#551B54 #832982 #B238B0 #CC5CCA #DA8AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B238B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B238B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238B0

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238B0	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2763B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.207 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc79c8',
    500: '#b238b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238b0;
$custom-light: #cc79c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5634,
    "c": 0.20675,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238B0

secondary

#81C582

accent

#DC4F4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238B0

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

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