#B23BAC#B23BAC

#B23BAC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.200 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAC
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 172)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 61.17, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 71.15, 329.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.173 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.2 330)
XYZ	xyz(27.3703, 15.5735, 40.5861)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAC #3BB241

analogous

#7D3BB2 #B23BAC #B23B71

triadic

#B23BAC #ACB23B #3BACB2

tetradic

#B23BAC #B27D3B #3BB241 #3B71B2

square

#B23BAC #B27D3B #3BB241 #3B71B2

split-complementary

#B23BAC #71B23B #3BB27D

monochromatic

#561D53 #842C80 #B23BAC #CA60C5 #DA8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B23BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B23BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAC

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAC	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3064AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.200 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc5',
    500: '#b23bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bac;
$custom-light: #cc7bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.025,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56411,
    "c": 0.19989,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.15571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAC

secondary

#85C488

accent

#DA554E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAC

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

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