#B239C8#B239C8

#B239C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.225 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B239C8
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 71.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 66.78, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 83.80, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1751 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.225 321)
XYZ	xyz(30.2474, 16.5630, 56.2361)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B239C8 #4FC839

analogous

#6A39C8 #B239C8 #C83997

triadic

#B239C8 #C8B239 #39C8B2

tetradic

#B239C8 #C86A39 #4FC839 #3997C8

square

#B239C8 #C86A39 #4FC839 #3997C8

split-complementary

#B239C8 #97C839 #39C86A

monochromatic

#5E1D69 #882B99 #B239C8 #C569D5 #D799E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B239C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B239C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B239C8

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B239C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B239C8	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4976C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b239c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.225 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd9',
    500: '#b239c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b239c8;
$custom-light: #cd7bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b239c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57844,
    "c": 0.22521,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.16561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B239C8

secondary

#98CE8F

accent

#E0485F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B239C8

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

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