#B23AAD#B23AAD

#B23AAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.202 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AAD
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 61.72, -37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 71.99, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1742 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.202 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4158, 15.5102, 41.0769)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AAD #3AB23F

analogous

#7B3AB2 #B23AAD #B23A71

triadic

#B23AAD #ADB23A #3AADB2

tetradic

#B23AAD #B27B3A #3AB23F #3A71B2

square

#B23AAD #B27B3A #3AB23F #3A71B2

split-complementary

#B23AAD #71B23A #3AB27B

monochromatic

#561C53 #842B80 #B23AAD #CB5FC6 #DA8DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B23AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B23AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AAD

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AAD	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B73AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.202 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac6',
    500: '#b23aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aad;
$custom-light: #cc7ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56367,
    "c": 0.20194,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AAD

secondary

#83C486

accent

#DA534D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AAD

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

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