#B238B9#B238B9

#B238B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.214 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238B9
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 64.49, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 77.79, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1766 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.214 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5306, 15.7980, 47.4361)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238B9 #3FB938

analogous

#7138B9 #B238B9 #B93880

triadic

#B238B9 #B9B238 #38B9B2

tetradic

#B238B9 #B97138 #3FB938 #3880B9

square

#B238B9 #B97138 #3FB938 #3880B9

split-complementary

#B238B9 #80B938 #38B971

monochromatic

#581C5B #852A8A #B238B9 #C95FCF #D98EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B238B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B238B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238B9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238B9	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A65BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5374B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.214 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ace',
    500: '#b238b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238b9;
$custom-light: #cd7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.744,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56852,
    "c": 0.21397,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238B9

secondary

#89C885

accent

#DD4B53

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238B9

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

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