#B238BC#B238BC

#B238BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.216 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238BC
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 65.01, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 79.05, 325.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1765 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.216 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8506, 15.9260, 49.1216)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238BC #42BC38

analogous

#7038BC #B238BC #BC3884

triadic

#B238BC #BCB238 #38BCB2

tetradic

#B238BC #BC7038 #42BC38 #3884BC

square

#B238BC #BC7038 #42BC38 #3884BC

split-complementary

#B238BC #84BC38 #38BC70

monochromatic

#591C5E #852A8D #B238BC #C861D0 #D890DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B238BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B238BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238BC

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238BC	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1366C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.216 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad1',
    500: '#b238bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238bc;
$custom-light: #cd7ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57027,
    "c": 0.21641,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238BC

secondary

#8CC987

accent

#DD4A55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238BC

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

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