#B23AC5#B23AC5

#B23AC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.222 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AC5
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 197)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 65.87, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 82.08, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1743 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.222 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9501, 16.5240, 54.4244)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AC5 #4DC53A

analogous

#6D3AC5 #B23AC5 #C53A92

triadic

#B23AC5 #C5B23A #3AC5B2

tetradic

#B23AC5 #C56D3A #4DC53A #3A92C5

square

#B23AC5 #C56D3A #4DC53A #3A92C5

split-complementary

#B23AC5 #92C53A #3AC56D

monochromatic

#5D1E66 #872C96 #B23AC5 #C469D3 #D799E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B23AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B23AC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AC5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AC5	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.222 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd7',
    500: '#b23ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ac5;
$custom-light: #cd7bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.799,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57751,
    "c": 0.22156,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AC5

secondary

#97CD8E

accent

#DE4A5E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AC5

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

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