#B23BAF#B23BAF

#B23BAF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.202 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAF
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 61.67, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 72.36, 328.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1732 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.202 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6617, 15.6900, 42.1207)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAF #3BB23E

analogous

#7A3BB2 #B23BAF #B23B74

triadic

#B23BAF #AFB23B #3BAFB2

tetradic

#B23BAF #B27A3B #3BB23E #3B74B2

square

#B23BAF #B27A3B #3BB23E #3B74B2

split-complementary

#B23BAF #74B23B #3BB27A

monochromatic

#561D55 #842C82 #B23BAF #CA60C8 #DA8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B23BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B23BAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAF	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D64B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.202 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc7',
    500: '#b23baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23baf;
$custom-light: #cc7bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.513,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56574,
    "c": 0.20228,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAF

secondary

#85C486

accent

#DA524E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAF

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

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