#B23ABA#B23ABA

#B23ABA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.212 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ABA
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 186)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 63.92, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 77.37, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1745 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.212 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7354, 16.0381, 48.0270)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ABA #42BA3A

analogous

#723ABA #B23ABA #BA3A82

triadic

#B23ABA #BAB23A #3ABAB2

tetradic

#B23ABA #BA723A #42BA3A #3A82BA

square

#B23ABA #BA723A #42BA3A #3A82BA

split-complementary

#B23ABA #82BA3A #3ABA72

monochromatic

#591D5D #852B8B #B23ABA #C863CE #D892DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B23ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B23ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ABA

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ABA	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C66BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.212 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bcf',
    500: '#b23aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23aba;
$custom-light: #cd7bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.21242,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ABA

secondary

#8CC888

accent

#DC4C55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ABA

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

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