#B23BA2#B23BA2

#B23BA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.192 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BA2
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(308, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 59.56, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 67.23, 332.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1722 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.192 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4458, 15.2037, 35.7172)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BA2 #3BB24B

analogous

#873BB2 #B23BA2 #B23B67

triadic

#B23BA2 #A2B23B #3BA2B2

tetradic

#B23BA2 #B2873B #3BB24B #3B67B2

square

#B23BA2 #B2873B #3BB24B #3B67B2

split-complementary

#B23BA2 #67B23B #3BB287

monochromatic

#561D4E #842C78 #B23BA2 #CA60BC #DA8ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B23BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B23BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BA2

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BA2	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3862A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61739F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.192 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7abe',
    500: '#b23ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ba2;
$custom-light: #cc7abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.067,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55889,
    "c": 0.19216,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BA2

secondary

#85C48D

accent

#DA614E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BA2

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

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