#B239CC#B239CC

#B239CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.229 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B239CC
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 67.51, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 85.55, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1748 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.229 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7209, 16.7524, 58.7304)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B239CC #53CC39

analogous

#6839CC #B239CC #CC399C

triadic

#B239CC #CCB239 #39CCB2

tetradic

#B239CC #CC6839 #53CC39 #399CCC

square

#B239CC #CC6839 #53CC39 #399CCC

split-complementary

#B239CC #9CCC39 #39CC68

monochromatic

#601C6E #8A299F #B239CC #C56AD9 #D89AE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B239CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B239CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B239CC

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B239CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B239CC	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4676C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b239cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.229 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bdc',
    500: '#b239cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b239cc;
$custom-light: #cd7bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b239cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.388,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58094,
    "c": 0.22858,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B239CC

secondary

#9BD190

accent

#E24661

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B239CC

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

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