#B23AA3#B23AA3

#B23AA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.194 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AA3
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 60.10, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 68.05, 332.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1734 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.194 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4841, 15.1376, 36.1702)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AA3 #3AB249

analogous

#853AB2 #B23AA3 #B23A67

triadic

#B23AA3 #A3B23A #3AA3B2

tetradic

#B23AA3 #B2853A #3AB249 #3A67B2

square

#B23AA3 #B2853A #3AB249 #3A67B2

split-complementary

#B23AA3 #67B23A #3AB285

monochromatic

#561C4E #842B79 #B23AA3 #CB5FBD #DA8DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B23AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B23AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AA3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AA3	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3661A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.194 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7abe',
    500: '#b23aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aa3;
$custom-light: #cc7abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5584,
    "c": 0.19419,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AA3

secondary

#83C48C

accent

#DA5F4D

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AA3

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

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