#B23ACD#B23ACD

#B23ACD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.228 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ACD
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 67.33, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 85.58, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1738 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.228 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8912, 16.9004, 59.3807)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ACD #55CD3A

analogous

#693ACD #B23ACD #CD3A9E

triadic

#B23ACD #CDB23A #3ACDB2

tetradic

#B23ACD #CD693A #55CD3A #3A9ECD

square

#B23ACD #CD693A #55CD3A #3A9ECD

split-complementary

#B23ACD #9ECD3A #3ACD69

monochromatic

#611C70 #8B29A1 #B23ACD #C56BD9 #D89CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B23ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B23ACD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ACD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ACD	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4676CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.228 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bdd',
    500: '#b23acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23acd;
$custom-light: #cd7bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.98,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58247,
    "c": 0.22832,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ACD

secondary

#9DD291

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ACD

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

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