#B238C6#B238C6

#B238C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.225 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B238C6
RGBrgb(178, 56, 198)
HSLhsl(292, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(292, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(10.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(47.46, 66.77, -49.87)
CIE-LCHlch(47.46, 83.34, 323.25°)
OKLaboklab(57.63% 0.1762 -0.1394)
OKLCHoklch(57.63% 0.225 321.6)
XYZxyz(29.9662, 16.3722, 54.9969)
Luminance0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B238C6 #4CC638
analogous
#6B38C6 #B238C6 #C63893
triadic
#B238C6 #C6B238 #38C6B2
tetradic
#B238C6 #C66B38 #4CC638 #3893C6
square
#B238C6 #C66B38 #4CC638 #3893C6
split-complementary
#B238C6 #93C638 #38C66B
monochromatic
#5C1D67 #872B96 #B238C6 #C567D4 #D797E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91
#B238C6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27
#B238C6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238C6
4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B238C6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B238C61.004.914.274.91
#FFFFFF4.911.0021.001.00
#0000004.2721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.911.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A75C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4527C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b238c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.225 321.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad8',
    500: '#b238c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b238c6;
$custom-light: #cd7ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b238c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.549,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5763,
    "c": 0.22466,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B238C6
secondary
#96CD8D
accent
#DF495E
background
#FDF7FD
surface
#FAEEFA
border
#D3C9D3
text
#140A14
muted
#837C83

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#B238C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva