#B23AB7#B23AB7

#B23AB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.210 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AB7
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 63.41, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 76.10, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1745 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.21 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4198, 15.9118, 46.3650)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AB7 #3FB73A

analogous

#743AB7 #B23AB7 #B73A7E

triadic

#B23AB7 #B7B23A #3AB7B2

tetradic

#B23AB7 #B7743A #3FB73A #3A7EB7

square

#B23AB7 #B7743A #3FB73A #3A7EB7

split-complementary

#B23AB7 #7EB73A #3AB774

monochromatic

#581D5A #852B89 #B23AB7 #C961CD #D990DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B23AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B23AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AB7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AB7	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2165BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5674B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.210 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7acd',
    500: '#b23ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ab7;
$custom-light: #cc7acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56924,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AB7

secondary

#89C786

accent

#DB4C52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AB7

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

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