#B23BBD#B23BBD

#B23BBD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.214 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BBD
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 64.07, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 78.21, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1735 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.214 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1086, 16.2688, 49.7412)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BBD #46BD3B

analogous

#713BBD #B23BBD #BD3B87

triadic

#B23BBD #BDB23B #3BBDB2

tetradic

#B23BBD #BD713B #46BD3B #3B87BD

square

#B23BBD #BD713B #46BD3B #3B87BD

split-complementary

#B23BBD #87BD3B #3BBD71

monochromatic

#5A1E60 #862C8E #B23BBD #C666CF #D895DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B23BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B23BBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BBD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BBD	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1967C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5275BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.214 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd1',
    500: '#b23bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bbd;
$custom-light: #cd7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57367,
    "c": 0.2137,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BBD

secondary

#90C98B

accent

#DC4C58

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BBD

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

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