#B23AA8#B23AA8

#B23AA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.198 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AA8
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 60.90, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 70.00, 330.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1739 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.198 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9410, 15.3203, 38.5764)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AA8 #3AB244

analogous

#803AB2 #B23AA8 #B23A6C

triadic

#B23AA8 #A8B23A #3AA8B2

tetradic

#B23AA8 #B2803A #3AB244 #3A6CB2

square

#B23AA8 #B2803A #3AB244 #3A6CB2

split-complementary

#B23AA8 #6CB23A #3AB280

monochromatic

#561C51 #842B7C #B23AA8 #CB5FC2 #DA8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B23AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B23AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AA8

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AA8	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3262AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.198 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac2',
    500: '#b23aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aa8;
$custom-light: #cc7ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.19803,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AA8

secondary

#83C489

accent

#DA594D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AA8

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

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