#B23AA4#B23AA4

#B23AA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.195 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AA4
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(307, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 60.26, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 68.44, 331.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1735 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.195 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5741, 15.1735, 36.6439)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AA4 #3AB248

analogous

#843AB2 #B23AA4 #B23A68

triadic

#B23AA4 #A4B23A #3AA4B2

tetradic

#B23AA4 #B2843A #3AB248 #3A68B2

square

#B23AA4 #B2843A #3AB248 #3A68B2

split-complementary

#B23AA4 #68B23A #3AB284

monochromatic

#561C4F #842B79 #B23AA4 #CB5FBE #DA8DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B23AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B23AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AA4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AA4	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)

#3662A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA456A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.195 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7abf',
    500: '#b23aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aa4;
$custom-light: #cc7abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55891,
    "c": 0.19496,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AA4

secondary

#83C48B

accent

#DA5E4D

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AA4

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

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