#B23BC1#B23BC1

#B23BC1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.217 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B23BC1
RGBrgb(178, 59, 193)
HSLhsl(293, 53%, 49%)
HSVhsv(293, 69%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(7.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(47.55, 64.78, -46.82)
CIE-LCHlch(47.55, 79.93, 324.15°)
OKLaboklab(57.6% 0.1734 -0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(57.6% 0.217 323)
XYZxyz(29.5488, 16.4449, 52.0595)
Luminance0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B23BC1 #4AC13B
analogous
#6F3BC1 #B23BC1 #C13B8D
triadic
#B23BC1 #C1B23B #3BC1B2
tetradic
#B23BC1 #C16F3B #4AC13B #3B8DC1
square
#B23BC1 #C16F3B #4AC13B #3B8DC1
split-complementary
#B23BC1 #8DC13B #3BC16F
monochromatic
#5C1E63 #872D92 #B23BC1 #C568D1 #D797DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90
#B23BC1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29
#B23BC1 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC1
4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B23BC1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B23BC11.004.904.294.90
#FFFFFF4.901.0021.001.00
#0000004.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.901.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0E68C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5075BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5527A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b23bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.217 323.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd4',
    500: '#b23bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b23bc1;
$custom-light: #cd7bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b23bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.284,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57603,
    "c": 0.21704,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.16443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B23BC1
secondary
#94CB8D
accent
#DD4B5B
background
#FDF7FD
surface
#FAEEFA
border
#D3C9D3
text
#140A14
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC1

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#B23BC1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva