#B23BB4#B23BB4

#B23BB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.206 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB4
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 67.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 62.51, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 74.42, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1734 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.206 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1618, 15.8901, 44.7550)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB4 #3DB43B

analogous

#763BB4 #B23BB4 #B43B7A

triadic

#B23BB4 #B4B23B #3BB4B2

tetradic

#B23BB4 #B4763B #3DB43B #3B7AB4

square

#B23BB4 #B4763B #3DB43B #3B7AB4

split-complementary

#B23BB4 #7AB43B #3BB476

monochromatic

#571D58 #842C86 #B23BB4 #C961CB #D98FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B23BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B23BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB4	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2765B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.206 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bcb',
    500: '#b23bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb4;
$custom-light: #cc7bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.008,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56851,
    "c": 0.20631,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB4

secondary

#87C586

accent

#DA4E50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB4

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

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