#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
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 193)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 64.78, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 79.93, 324.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1734 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.217 323)
XYZ	xyz(29.5488, 16.4449, 52.0595)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B23BC1	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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