#B238D9#B238D9

#B238D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.241 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238D9
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 70.28, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 91.69, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1744 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.241 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2967, 17.3044, 67.2710)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238D9 #5FD938

analogous

#6138D9 #B238D9 #D938AF

triadic

#B238D9 #D9B238 #38D9B2

tetradic

#B238D9 #D96138 #5FD938 #38AFD9

square

#B238D9 #D96138 #5FD938 #38AFD9

split-complementary

#B238D9 #AFD938 #38D961

monochromatic

#66187E #8F22B2 #B238D9 #C66BE3 #DA9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B238D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B238D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238D9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238D9	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3877D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.241 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7be6',
    500: '#b238d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238d9;
$custom-light: #ce7be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.466,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58848,
    "c": 0.24068,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238D9

secondary

#A5D994

accent

#EB3D67

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFC

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238D9

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

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