#B238CC#B238CC

#B238CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.230 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238CC
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 67.86, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 85.95, 322.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1758 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.23 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6720, 16.6545, 58.7141)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238CC #52CC38

analogous

#6838CC #B238CC #CC389C

triadic

#B238CC #CCB238 #38CCB2

tetradic

#B238CC #CC6838 #52CC38 #389CCC

square

#B238CC #CC6838 #52CC38 #389CCC

split-complementary

#B238CC #9CCC38 #38CC68

monochromatic

#5F1C6E #8A299E #B238CC #C569D8 #D899E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B238CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B238CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238CC

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238CC	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4576C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.230 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7adc',
    500: '#b238cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238cc;
$custom-light: #cd7adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58005,
    "c": 0.22968,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238CC

secondary

#9BD18F

accent

#E24561

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238CC

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

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