#B238D4#B238D4

#B238D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.236 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238D4
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 69.34, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 89.47, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.175 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.236 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6562, 17.0482, 63.8977)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238D4 #5AD438

analogous

#6438D4 #B238D4 #D438A8

triadic

#B238D4 #D4B238 #38D4B2

tetradic

#B238D4 #D46438 #5AD438 #38A8D4

square

#B238D4 #D46438 #5AD438 #38A8D4

split-complementary

#B238D4 #A8D438 #38D464

monochromatic

#631A78 #8D25AA #B238D4 #C56ADF #D99DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B238D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B238D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238D4

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238D4	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.236 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7be2',
    500: '#b238d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238d4;
$custom-light: #cd7be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58519,
    "c": 0.23643,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238D4

secondary

#A1D692

accent

#E74065

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238D4

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

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