#B23AAA#B23AAA

#B23AAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.200 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AAA
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 61.23, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 70.79, 329.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.174 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.2 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1287, 15.3954, 39.5652)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AAA #3AB242

analogous

#7E3AB2 #B23AAA #B23A6E

triadic

#B23AAA #AAB23A #3AAAB2

tetradic

#B23AAA #B27E3A #3AB242 #3A6EB2

square

#B23AAA #B27E3A #3AB242 #3A6EB2

split-complementary

#B23AAA #6EB23A #3AB27E

monochromatic

#561C52 #842B7E #B23AAA #CB5FC3 #DA8DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B23AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B23AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AAA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AAA	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3063AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.200 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac3',
    500: '#b23aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aaa;
$custom-light: #cc7ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56206,
    "c": 0.19958,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AAA

secondary

#83C488

accent

#DA574D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AAA

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

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