#B23BB3#B23BB3

#B23BB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.205 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB3
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 67%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 62.34, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 74.00, 327.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1734 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.206 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0603, 15.8495, 44.2204)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB3 #3CB33B

analogous

#763BB3 #B23BB3 #B33B78

triadic

#B23BB3 #B3B23B #3BB3B2

tetradic

#B23BB3 #B3763B #3CB33B #3B78B3

square

#B23BB3 #B3763B #3CB33B #3B78B3

split-complementary

#B23BB3 #78B33B #3BB376

monochromatic

#561D57 #842C85 #B23BB3 #CA60CB #D98EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B23BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B23BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.205 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bca',
    500: '#b23bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb3;
$custom-light: #cc7bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56795,
    "c": 0.2055,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB3

secondary

#86C585

accent

#DA4E4F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB3

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

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