#B238CD#B238CD

#B238CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.231 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238CD
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 68.05, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 86.39, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1757 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.231 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7923, 16.7026, 59.3478)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238CD #53CD38

analogous

#6738CD #B238CD #CD389D

triadic

#B238CD #CDB238 #38CDB2

tetradic

#B238CD #CD6738 #53CD38 #389DCD

square

#B238CD #CD6738 #53CD38 #389DCD

split-complementary

#B238CD #9DCD38 #38CD67

monochromatic

#601C6F #8A28A0 #B238CD #C569D9 #D89AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B238CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B238CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238CD

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238CD	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4476CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.231 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7add',
    500: '#b238cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238cd;
$custom-light: #cd7add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58068,
    "c": 0.23052,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238CD

secondary

#9BD18F

accent

#E34561

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238CD

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

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