#B23BAB#B23BAB

#B23BAB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.199 H 330.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAB
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 171)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 61.01, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 70.75, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.173 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.199 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2746, 15.5352, 40.0822)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAB #3BB242

analogous

#7E3BB2 #B23BAB #B23B70

triadic

#B23BAB #ABB23B #3BABB2

tetradic

#B23BAB #B27E3B #3BB242 #3B70B2

square

#B23BAB #B27E3B #3BB242 #3B70B2

split-complementary

#B23BAB #70B23B #3BB27E

monochromatic

#561D53 #842C7F #B23BAB #CA60C4 #DA8ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B23BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B23BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAB

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAB	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3163AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.199 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc4',
    500: '#b23bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bab;
$custom-light: #cc7bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56358,
    "c": 0.19911,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAB

secondary

#85C488

accent

#DA564E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAB

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

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