#B238B8#B238B8

#B238B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.213 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238B8
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 64.31, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 77.37, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1766 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.213 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4254, 15.7559, 46.8821)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238B8 #3EB838

analogous

#7238B8 #B238B8 #B8387E

triadic

#B238B8 #B8B238 #38B8B2

tetradic

#B238B8 #B87238 #3EB838 #387EB8

square

#B238B8 #B87238 #3EB838 #387EB8

split-complementary

#B238B8 #7EB838 #38B872

monochromatic

#571B5A #852A89 #B238B8 #C95FCE #D98EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B238B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B238B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238B8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238B8	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.213 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ace',
    500: '#b238b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238b8;
$custom-light: #cd7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.188,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56794,
    "c": 0.21316,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238B8

secondary

#88C785

accent

#DD4B52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238B8

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

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