#B23BB9#B23BB9

#B23BB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.210 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BB9
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 63.37, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 76.51, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1735 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.21 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6804, 16.0975, 47.4860)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BB9 #42B93B

analogous

#733BB9 #B23BB9 #B93B81

triadic

#B23BB9 #B9B23B #3BB9B2

tetradic

#B23BB9 #B9733B #42B93B #3B81B9

square

#B23BB9 #B9733B #42B93B #3B81B9

split-complementary

#B23BB9 #81B93B #3BB973

monochromatic

#591D5C #852C8B #B23BB9 #C864CD #D892DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B23BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B23BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BB9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BB9	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2066BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.210 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bce',
    500: '#b23bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bb9;
$custom-light: #cc7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57134,
    "c": 0.21039,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BB9

secondary

#8CC788

accent

#DB4D55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BB9

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

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