#B23BBB#B23BBB

#B23BBB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.212 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BBB
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(296, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 68.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 63.72, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 77.36, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1735 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.212 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8930, 16.1826, 48.6058)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BBB #44BB3B

analogous

#723BBB #B23BBB #BB3B84

triadic

#B23BBB #BBB23B #3BBBB2

tetradic

#B23BBB #BB723B #44BB3B #3B84BB

square

#B23BBB #BB723B #44BB3B #3B84BB

split-complementary

#B23BBB #84BB3B #3BBB72

monochromatic

#591E5E #862C8C #B23BBB #C765CE #D893DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B23BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B23BBB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BBB

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BBB	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D67BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.212 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd0',
    500: '#b23bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bbb;
$custom-light: #cd7bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.781,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5725,
    "c": 0.21205,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BBB

secondary

#8EC88A

accent

#DB4C56

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BBB

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

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