#B23BB2#B23BB2

#B23BB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.205 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB2
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 62.17, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 73.59, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1733 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.205 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9596, 15.8092, 43.6897)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB2 #3BB23B

analogous

#773BB2 #B23BB2 #B23B77

triadic

#B23BB2 #B2B23B #3BB2B2

tetradic

#B23BB2 #B2773B #3BB23B #3B77B2

square

#B23BB2 #B2773B #3BB23B #3B77B2

split-complementary

#B23BB2 #77B23B #3BB277

monochromatic

#561D56 #842C84 #B23BB2 #CA60CA #DA8EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B23BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B23BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB2	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2965B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5974AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.205 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc9',
    500: '#b23bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb2;
$custom-light: #cc7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56739,
    "c": 0.20469,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB2

secondary

#85C485

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB2

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

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