#B23BAA#B23BAA

#B23BAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.198 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAA
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 60.84, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 70.35, 329.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1729 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.198 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1797, 15.4972, 39.5821)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAA #3BB243

analogous

#7F3BB2 #B23BAA #B23B6F

triadic

#B23BAA #AAB23B #3BAAB2

tetradic

#B23BAA #B27F3B #3BB243 #3B6FB2

square

#B23BAA #B27F3B #3BB243 #3B6FB2

split-complementary

#B23BAA #6FB23B #3BB27F

monochromatic

#561D52 #842C7E #B23BAA #CA60C3 #DA8ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B23BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B23BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAA

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAA	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3263AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9486E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.198 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc3',
    500: '#b23baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23baa;
$custom-light: #cc7bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.034,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56304,
    "c": 0.19832,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAA

secondary

#85C489

accent

#DA574E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAA

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

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