#B238C1#B238C1

#B238C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.221 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238C1
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 65.88, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 81.18, 324.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1764 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.221 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3990, 16.1453, 52.0096)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238C1 #47C138

analogous

#6E38C1 #B238C1 #C1388C

triadic

#B238C1 #C1B238 #38C1B2

tetradic

#B238C1 #C16E38 #47C138 #388CC1

square

#B238C1 #C16E38 #47C138 #388CC1

split-complementary

#B238C1 #8CC138 #38C16E

monochromatic

#5B1C62 #862A92 #B238C1 #C664D2 #D794E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B238C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B238C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238C1

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238C1	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0167C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E75BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.221 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad4',
    500: '#b238c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238c1;
$custom-light: #cd7ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.431,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57325,
    "c": 0.22051,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238C1

secondary

#91CB8A

accent

#DE495A

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238C1

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

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