#B238E0#B238E0

#B238E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.247 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B238E0
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 224)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(284, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 75%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 71.62, -62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 94.81, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1735 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.247 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2266, 17.6763, 72.1682)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B238E0 #66E038

analogous

#5E38E0 #B238E0 #E038BA

triadic

#B238E0 #E0B238 #38E0B2

tetradic

#B238E0 #E05E38 #66E038 #38BAE0

square

#B238E0 #E05E38 #66E038 #38BAE0

split-complementary

#B238E0 #BAE038 #38E05E

monochromatic

#691588 #921DBD #B238E0 #C66DE8 #DBA2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B238E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B238E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B238E0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B238E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B238E0	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E78DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b238e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.247 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7beb',
    500: '#b238e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b238e0;
$custom-light: #ce7beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b238e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59319,
    "c": 0.24667,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B238E0

secondary

#AADD97

accent

#F0386A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B238E0

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

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