#B23AAE#B23AAE

#B23AAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.203 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AAE
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 61.88, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 72.39, 328.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1742 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.203 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5129, 15.5491, 41.5884)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AAE #3AB23E

analogous

#7A3AB2 #B23AAE #B23A72

triadic

#B23AAE #AEB23A #3AAEB2

tetradic

#B23AAE #B27A3A #3AB23E #3A72B2

square

#B23AAE #B27A3A #3AB23E #3A72B2

split-complementary

#B23AAE #72B23A #3AB27A

monochromatic

#561C54 #842B81 #B23AAE #CB5FC7 #DA8DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B23AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B23AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AAE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AAE	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.203 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac6',
    500: '#b23aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aae;
$custom-light: #cc7ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AAE

secondary

#83C486

accent

#DA524D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AAE

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

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