#B23AD5#B23AD5

#B23AD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.235 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AD5
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 68.82, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 89.12, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1731 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.235 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8816, 17.2966, 64.5971)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AD5 #5DD53A

analogous

#643AD5 #B23AD5 #D53AAA

triadic

#B23AD5 #D5B23A #3AD5B2

tetradic

#B23AD5 #D5643A #5DD53A #3AAAD5

square

#B23AD5 #D5643A #5DD53A #3AAAD5

split-complementary

#B23AD5 #AAD53A #3AD564

monochromatic

#651A7A #8E25AD #B23AD5 #C66CE0 #D99FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B23AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B23AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AD5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AD5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.235 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce3',
    500: '#b23ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ad5;
$custom-light: #cd7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.23516,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AD5

secondary

#A3D794

accent

#E84066

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AD5

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

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