#B238CB#B238CB

#B238CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.229 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238CB
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 67.68, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 85.52, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1758 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.229 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5524, 16.6067, 58.0844)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238CB #51CB38

analogous

#6838CB #B238CB #CB389A

triadic

#B238CB #CBB238 #38CBB2

tetradic

#B238CB #CB6838 #51CB38 #389ACB

square

#B238CB #CB6838 #51CB38 #389ACB

split-complementary

#B238CB #9ACB38 #38CB68

monochromatic

#5F1C6C #89299D #B238CB #C569D8 #D899E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B238CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B238CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238CB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238CB	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4676C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.229 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7adb',
    500: '#b238cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238cb;
$custom-light: #cd7adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.796,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57942,
    "c": 0.22884,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238CB

secondary

#9AD08F

accent

#E24661

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238CB

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

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