#B23BAE#B23BAE

#B23BAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.201 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAE
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 61.50, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 71.96, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1732 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.201 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5638, 15.6509, 41.6053)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAE #3BB23F

analogous

#7B3BB2 #B23BAE #B23B73

triadic

#B23BAE #AEB23B #3BAEB2

tetradic

#B23BAE #B27B3B #3BB23F #3B73B2

square

#B23BAE #B27B3B #3BB23F #3B73B2

split-complementary

#B23BAE #73B23B #3BB27B

monochromatic

#561D54 #842C81 #B23BAE #CA60C7 #DA8ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B23BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B23BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAE	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.201 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc6',
    500: '#b23bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bae;
$custom-light: #cc7bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.017,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56519,
    "c": 0.20148,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAE

secondary

#85C487

accent

#DA534E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAE

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

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