#B23AD4#B23AD4

#B23AD4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.234 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AD4
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 212)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 72.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 68.63, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 88.67, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1732 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.234 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7551, 17.2460, 63.9307)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AD4 #5CD43A

analogous

#653AD4 #B23AD4 #D43AA9

triadic

#B23AD4 #D4B23A #3AD4B2

tetradic

#B23AD4 #D4653A #5CD43A #3AA9D4

square

#B23AD4 #D4653A #5CD43A #3AA9D4

split-complementary

#B23AD4 #A9D43A #3AD465

monochromatic

#641A79 #8E25AB #B23AD4 #C66CDF #D99EEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B23AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B23AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AD4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AD4	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F77D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.234 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce2',
    500: '#b23ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ad4;
$custom-light: #cd7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.753,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58695,
    "c": 0.2343,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AD4

secondary

#A2D694

accent

#E74165

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AD4

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

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