#B23BA7#B23BA7

#B23BA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.196 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BA7
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 167)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(306, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 6.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 60.36, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 69.16, 330.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1727 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.196 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8991, 15.3850, 38.1046)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BA7 #3BB246

analogous

#823BB2 #B23BA7 #B23B6C

triadic

#B23BA7 #A7B23B #3BA7B2

tetradic

#B23BA7 #B2823B #3BB246 #3B6CB2

square

#B23BA7 #B2823B #3BB246 #3B6CB2

split-complementary

#B23BA7 #6CB23B #3BB282

monochromatic

#561D51 #842C7C #B23BA7 #CA60C0 #DA8ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B23BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B23BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BA7

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BA7	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E73A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.196 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ac1',
    500: '#b23ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ba7;
$custom-light: #cc7ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.546,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56146,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BA7

secondary

#85C48A

accent

#DA5B4E

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BA7

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

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