#B239C5#B239C5

#B239C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.223 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B239C5
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 197)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 66.24, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 82.50, 323.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1753 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.223 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9002, 16.4241, 54.4077)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B239C5 #4CC539

analogous

#6C39C5 #B239C5 #C53992

triadic

#B239C5 #C5B239 #39C5B2

tetradic

#B239C5 #C56C39 #4CC539 #3992C5

square

#B239C5 #C56C39 #4CC539 #3992C5

split-complementary

#B239C5 #92C539 #39C56C

monochromatic

#5C1E66 #872B96 #B239C5 #C568D3 #D797E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B239C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B239C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B239C5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B239C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B239C5	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C75C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b239c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.223 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ad7',
    500: '#b239c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b239c5;
$custom-light: #cd7ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b239c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57659,
    "c": 0.2227,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B239C5

secondary

#96CD8D

accent

#DE495E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B239C5

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

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