#B238D5#B238D5

#B238D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.237 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238D5
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 69.53, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 89.92, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1749 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.237 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7828, 17.0988, 64.5641)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238D5 #5BD538

analogous

#6338D5 #B238D5 #D538AA

triadic

#B238D5 #D5B238 #38D5B2

tetradic

#B238D5 #D56338 #5BD538 #38AAD5

square

#B238D5 #D56338 #5BD538 #38AAD5

split-complementary

#B238D5 #AAD538 #38D563

monochromatic

#641A79 #8D24AC #B238D5 #C66BE0 #D99DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B238D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B238D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238D5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238D5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.237 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7be3',
    500: '#b238d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238d5;
$custom-light: #cd7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.624,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58584,
    "c": 0.23728,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238D5

secondary

#A2D692

accent

#E84065

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238D5

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

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