#B23ABE#B23ABE

#B23ABE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.216 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ABE
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 64.62, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 79.07, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1745 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.216 324)
XYZ	xyz(29.1666, 16.2106, 50.2979)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ABE #46BE3A

analogous

#703ABE #B23ABE #BE3A88

triadic

#B23ABE #BEB23A #3ABEB2

tetradic

#B23ABE #BE703A #46BE3A #3A88BE

square

#B23ABE #BE703A #46BE3A #3A88BE

split-complementary

#B23ABE #88BE3A #3ABE70

monochromatic

#5A1D60 #862C8F #B23ABE #C665D0 #D894DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B23ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B23ABE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ABE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ABE	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1467C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5175BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.216 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd2',
    500: '#b23abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23abe;
$custom-light: #cd7bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.16209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ABE

secondary

#90CA8A

accent

#DD4B58

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ABE

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

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