#B238B2#B238B2

#B238B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.208 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238B2
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 63.30, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 74.88, 327.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1765 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.208 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8098, 15.5096, 43.6398)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238B2 #38B238

analogous

#7538B2 #B238B2 #B23875

triadic

#B238B2 #B2B238 #38B2B2

tetradic

#B238B2 #B27538 #38B238 #3875B2

square

#B238B2 #B27538 #38B238 #3875B2

split-complementary

#B238B2 #75B238 #38B275

monochromatic

#551B55 #832983 #B238B2 #CC5CCC #DA8ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B238B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B238B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238B2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238B2	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2564B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.208 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd79c9',
    500: '#b238b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238b2;
$custom-light: #cd79c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.20834,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238B2

secondary

#81C581

accent

#DC4C4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238B2

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

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