#B23ACC#B23ACC

#B23ACC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.227 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ACC
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 67.15, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 85.14, 322.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1739 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.227 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7709, 16.8523, 58.7470)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ACC #54CC3A

analogous

#693ACC #B23ACC #CC3A9D

triadic

#B23ACC #CCB23A #3ACCB2

tetradic

#B23ACC #CC693A #54CC3A #3A9DCC

square

#B23ACC #CC693A #54CC3A #3A9DCC

split-complementary

#B23ACC #9DCC3A #3ACC69

monochromatic

#601D6F #8A29A0 #B23ACC #C56BD9 #D89BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B23ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B23ACC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ACC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ACC	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4776C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.227 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bdc',
    500: '#b23acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23acc;
$custom-light: #cd7bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58184,
    "c": 0.22747,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ACC

secondary

#9CD191

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ACC

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

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