#B23BBC#B23BBC

#B23BBC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.213 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BBC
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 63.90, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 77.79, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1735 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.213 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0004, 16.2255, 49.1715)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BBC #45BC3B

analogous

#713BBC #B23BBC #BC3B85

triadic

#B23BBC #BCB23B #3BBCB2

tetradic

#B23BBC #BC713B #45BC3B #3B85BC

square

#B23BBC #BC713B #45BC3B #3B85BC

split-complementary

#B23BBC #85BC3B #3BBC71

monochromatic

#5A1E5F #862C8D #B23BBC #C765CF #D894DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B23BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B23BBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BBC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BBC	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.213 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd1',
    500: '#b23bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bbc;
$custom-light: #cd7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.349,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57308,
    "c": 0.21288,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BBC

secondary

#8FC98A

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BBC

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

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