#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
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 66.77, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 83.34, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1762 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.225 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9662, 16.3722, 54.9969)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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
##B238C6	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238C6

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

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