#B23BB7#B23BB7

#B23BB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.209 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB7
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 183)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 63.03, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 75.67, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1735 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.209 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4708, 16.0137, 46.3819)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB7 #40B73B

analogous

#743BB7 #B23BB7 #B73B7E

triadic

#B23BB7 #B7B23B #3BB7B2

tetradic

#B23BB7 #B7743B #40B73B #3B7EB7

square

#B23BB7 #B7743B #40B73B #3B7EB7

split-complementary

#B23BB7 #7EB73B #3BB774

monochromatic

#581D5A #852C89 #B23BB7 #C863CD #D891DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B23BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B23BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB7	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.209 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bcd',
    500: '#b23bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb7;
$custom-light: #cc7bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.581,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5702,
    "c": 0.20875,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB7

secondary

#8AC687

accent

#DB4D53

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB7

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

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