#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
RGBrgb(178, 58, 217)
HSLhsl(285, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(285, 73%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 73.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(48.89, 69.58, -58.50)
CIE-LCHlch(48.89, 90.90, 319.95°)
OKLaboklab(59.02% 0.1726 -0.1647)
OKLCHoklch(59.02% 0.239 316.3)
XYZxyz(32.3956, 17.5022, 67.3040)
Luminance0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##B23AD91.004.674.504.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

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

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#B23AD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva