#B239B8#B239B8

#B239B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.212 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B239B8
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 69%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 63.95, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 76.95, 326.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1756 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.212 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4744, 15.8538, 46.8984)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B239B8 #3FB839

analogous

#7239B8 #B239B8 #B8397F

triadic

#B239B8 #B8B239 #39B8B2

tetradic

#B239B8 #B87239 #3FB839 #397FB8

square

#B239B8 #B87239 #3FB839 #397FB8

split-complementary

#B239B8 #7FB839 #39B872

monochromatic

#581C5B #852B89 #B239B8 #C960CE #D98FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B239B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B239B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B239B8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B239B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B239B8	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b239b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.212 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ace',
    500: '#b239b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b239b8;
$custom-light: #cd7ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b239b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.165,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56887,
    "c": 0.21198,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B239B8

secondary

#89C786

accent

#DC4C53

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B239B8

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

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