#B23AB9#B23AB9

#B23AB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.212 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AB9
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 63.75, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 76.94, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1745 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.212 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6295, 15.9957, 47.4691)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AB9 #41B93A

analogous

#733AB9 #B23AB9 #B93A80

triadic

#B23AB9 #B9B23A #3AB9B2

tetradic

#B23AB9 #B9733A #41B93A #3A80B9

square

#B23AB9 #B9733A #41B93A #3A80B9

split-complementary

#B23AB9 #80B93A #3AB973

monochromatic

#581D5C #852B8A #B23AB9 #C862CE #D891DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B23AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B23AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AB9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AB9	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E66BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.212 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bce',
    500: '#b23ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ab9;
$custom-light: #cd7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.693,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57039,
    "c": 0.2116,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AB9

secondary

#8BC787

accent

#DC4C54

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AB9

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

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