#B23AB5#B23AB5

#B23AB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.208 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AB5
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 68%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 63.06, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 75.27, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1745 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.208 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2132, 15.8292, 45.2764)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AB5 #3DB53A

analogous

#753AB5 #B23AB5 #B53A7A

triadic

#B23AB5 #B5B23A #3AB5B2

tetradic

#B23AB5 #B5753A #3DB53A #3A7AB5

square

#B23AB5 #B5753A #3DB53A #3A7AB5

split-complementary

#B23AB5 #7AB53A #3AB575

monochromatic

#571C58 #842B87 #B23AB5 #C960CC #D98EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B23AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B23AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AB5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AB5	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2465B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.208 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7acc',
    500: '#b23ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ab5;
$custom-light: #cc7acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.537,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AB5

secondary

#87C685

accent

#DB4D50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AB5

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

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