#B23AAB#B23AAB

#B23AAB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.200 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AAB
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 171)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 61.39, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 71.19, 329.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1741 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.2 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2237, 15.4334, 40.0653)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AAB #3AB241

analogous

#7D3AB2 #B23AAB #B23A6F

triadic

#B23AAB #ABB23A #3AABB2

tetradic

#B23AAB #B27D3A #3AB241 #3A6FB2

square

#B23AAB #B27D3A #3AB241 #3A6FB2

split-complementary

#B23AAB #6FB23A #3AB27D

monochromatic

#561C52 #842B7F #B23AAB #CB5FC4 #DA8DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B23AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B23AAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AAB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AAB	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F63AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C73A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9486E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.200 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac4',
    500: '#b23aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aab;
$custom-light: #cc7ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56259,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AAB

secondary

#83C487

accent

#DA564D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AAB

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

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