#B23BB6#B23BB6

#B23BB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.208 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB6
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 62.86, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 75.25, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1734 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.208 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3670, 15.9722, 45.8357)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB6 #3FB63B

analogous

#753BB6 #B23BB6 #B63B7C

triadic

#B23BB6 #B6B23B #3BB6B2

tetradic

#B23BB6 #B6753B #3FB63B #3B7CB6

square

#B23BB6 #B6753B #3FB63B #3B7CB6

split-complementary

#B23BB6 #7CB63B #3BB675

monochromatic

#581D5A #852C88 #B23BB6 #C962CC #D990DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B23BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B23BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2466BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.208 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bcc',
    500: '#b23bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb6;
$custom-light: #cc7bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.049,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56963,
    "c": 0.20794,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB6

secondary

#89C687

accent

#DB4D52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB6

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

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