#B23AD9#B23AD9

#B23AD9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.239 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23AD9
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 73.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 69.58, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 90.90, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1726 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.239 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3956, 17.5022, 67.3040)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23AD9 #61D93A

analogous

#633AD9 #B23AD9 #D93AB1

triadic

#B23AD9 #D9B23A #3AD9B2

tetradic

#B23AD9 #D9633A #61D93A #3AB1D9

square

#B23AD9 #D9633A #61D93A #3AB1D9

split-complementary

#B23AD9 #B1D93A #3AD963

monochromatic

#671980 #9023B3 #B23AD9 #C66DE3 #DAA1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#B23AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B23AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23AD9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23AD9	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.239 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce5',
    500: '#b23ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ad9;
$custom-light: #cd7ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.23859,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23AD9

secondary

#A6D995

accent

#EB3D68

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23AD9

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

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