#B23BB1#B23BB1

#B23BB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.204 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB1
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 177)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(301, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 62.01, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 73.18, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1733 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.204 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8595, 15.7692, 43.1628)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB1 #3BB23C

analogous

#783BB2 #B23BB1 #B23B76

triadic

#B23BB1 #B1B23B #3BB1B2

tetradic

#B23BB1 #B2783B #3BB23C #3B76B2

square

#B23BB1 #B2783B #3BB23C #3B76B2

split-complementary

#B23BB1 #76B23B #3BB278

monochromatic

#561D56 #842C83 #B23BB1 #CA60C9 #DA8ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B23BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B23BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB1	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5974AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.204 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc9',
    500: '#b23bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb1;
$custom-light: #cc7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.504,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.20389,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB1

secondary

#85C485

accent

#DA4F4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB1

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

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