#B23BBA#B23BBA

#B23BBA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.211 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BBA
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 186)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 63.55, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 76.94, 325.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1735 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.211 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7863, 16.1399, 48.0439)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BBA #43BA3B

analogous

#723BBA #B23BBA #BA3B83

triadic

#B23BBA #BAB23B #3BBAB2

tetradic

#B23BBA #BA723B #43BA3B #3B83BA

square

#B23BBA #BA723B #43BA3B #3B83BA

split-complementary

#B23BBA #83BA3B #3BBA72

monochromatic

#591E5D #862C8C #B23BBA #C764CE #D893DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B23BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B23BBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BBA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BBA	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E66BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.211 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bcf',
    500: '#b23bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bba;
$custom-light: #cd7bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.22,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57192,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BBA

secondary

#8DC889

accent

#DB4D56

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BBA

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

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