#B23BB0#B23BB0

#B23BB0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.203 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB0
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 61.84, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 72.77, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1732 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.203 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7602, 15.7294, 42.6398)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB0 #3BB23D

analogous

#793BB2 #B23BB0 #B23B75

triadic

#B23BB0 #B0B23B #3BB0B2

tetradic

#B23BB0 #B2793B #3BB23D #3B75B2

square

#B23BB0 #B2793B #3BB23D #3B75B2

split-complementary

#B23BB0 #75B23B #3BB279

monochromatic

#561D55 #842C83 #B23BB0 #CA60C8 #DA8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B23BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B23BB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB0

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB0	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C64B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A74AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.203 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc8',
    500: '#b23bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb0;
$custom-light: #cc7bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.008,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56629,
    "c": 0.20308,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB0

secondary

#85C486

accent

#DA504E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB0

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

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