#B23BBE#B23BBE

#B23BBE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.215 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BBE
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 64.25, -45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 78.64, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1735 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.215 324)
XYZ	xyz(29.2175, 16.3124, 50.3149)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BBE #47BE3B

analogous

#713BBE #B23BBE #BE3B89

triadic

#B23BBE #BEB23B #3BBEB2

tetradic

#B23BBE #BE713B #47BE3B #3B89BE

square

#B23BBE #BE713B #47BE3B #3B89BE

split-complementary

#B23BBE #89BE3B #3BBE71

monochromatic

#5B1E61 #862C8F #B23BBE #C667D0 #D795DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B23BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B23BBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BBE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BBE	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1767C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5275BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.215 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd2',
    500: '#b23bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bbe;
$custom-light: #cd7bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.504,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57425,
    "c": 0.21454,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.16311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BBE

secondary

#91CA8B

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →