#B238B7#B238B7

#B238B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.212 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238B7
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 64.14, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 76.95, 326.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1766 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.212 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3210, 15.7141, 46.3320)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238B7 #3DB738

analogous

#7338B7 #B238B7 #B7387D

triadic

#B238B7 #B7B238 #38B7B2

tetradic

#B238B7 #B77338 #3DB738 #387DB7

square

#B238B7 #B77338 #3DB738 #387DB7

split-complementary

#B238B7 #7DB738 #38B773

monochromatic

#571B59 #842A88 #B238B7 #C95ECE #D98DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B238B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B238B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238B7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238B7	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D65BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.212 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7acd',
    500: '#b238b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238b7;
$custom-light: #cd7acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.638,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56736,
    "c": 0.21235,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238B7

secondary

#87C784

accent

#DD4B51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238B7

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

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