#B238C4#B238C4

#B238C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.223 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238C4
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 66.42, -48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 82.47, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1763 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.223 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7370, 16.2805, 53.7900)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238C4 #4AC438

analogous

#6C38C4 #B238C4 #C43890

triadic

#B238C4 #C4B238 #38C4B2

tetradic

#B238C4 #C46C38 #4AC438 #3890C4

square

#B238C4 #C46C38 #4AC438 #3890C4

split-complementary

#B238C4 #90C438 #38C46C

monochromatic

#5C1D65 #872A94 #B238C4 #C566D3 #D796E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B238C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B238C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238C4

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238C4	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C75C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4527B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.223 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad6',
    500: '#b238c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238c4;
$custom-light: #cd7ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57507,
    "c": 0.223,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238C4

secondary

#94CC8C

accent

#DF495C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238C4

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

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