#B23AC7#B23AC7

#B23AC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.223 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AC7
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 66.23, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 82.95, 322.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1742 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.223 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1808, 16.6162, 55.6393)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AC7 #4FC73A

analogous

#6C3AC7 #B23AC7 #C73A95

triadic

#B23AC7 #C7B23A #3AC7B2

tetradic

#B23AC7 #C76C3A #4FC73A #3A95C7

square

#B23AC7 #C76C3A #4FC73A #3A95C7

split-complementary

#B23AC7 #95C73A #3AC76C

monochromatic

#5E1E69 #882B98 #B23AC7 #C56AD5 #D799E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B23AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B23AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AC7

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AC7	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B76C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.223 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd9',
    500: '#b23ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ac7;
$custom-light: #cd7bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57873,
    "c": 0.22325,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AC7

secondary

#98CE8F

accent

#DF495F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AC7

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

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