#B238C0#B238C0

#B238C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.220 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238C0
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 65.71, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 80.75, 324.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1764 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.22 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2878, 16.1008, 51.4241)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238C0 #46C038

analogous

#6E38C0 #B238C0 #C0388A

triadic

#B238C0 #C0B238 #38C0B2

tetradic

#B238C0 #C06E38 #46C038 #388AC0

square

#B238C0 #C06E38 #46C038 #388AC0

split-complementary

#B238C0 #8AC038 #38C06E

monochromatic

#5A1C61 #862A91 #B238C0 #C664D2 #D893DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B238C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B238C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238C0

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238C0	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0567C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F75BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.220 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad4',
    500: '#b238c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238c0;
$custom-light: #cd7ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57265,
    "c": 0.21969,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238C0

secondary

#90CB89

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238C0

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

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