#B238BF#B238BF

#B238BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.219 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238BF
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 65.53, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 80.33, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1765 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.219 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1774, 16.0567, 50.8425)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238BF #45BF38

analogous

#6E38BF #B238BF #BF3888

triadic

#B238BF #BFB238 #38BFB2

tetradic

#B238BF #BF6E38 #45BF38 #3888BF

square

#B238BF #BF6E38 #45BF38 #3888BF

split-complementary

#B238BF #88BF38 #38BF6E

monochromatic

#5A1C60 #862A90 #B238BF #C763D1 #D892DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B238BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B238BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238BF

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238BF	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0966C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.219 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad3',
    500: '#b238bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238bf;
$custom-light: #cd7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57205,
    "c": 0.21887,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238BF

secondary

#8FCA89

accent

#DE4A58

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238BF

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

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