#B23BC2#B23BC2

#B23BC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.218 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC2
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 64.96, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 80.36, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1734 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.218 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6607, 16.4896, 52.6490)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC2 #4BC23B

analogous

#6F3BC2 #B23BC2 #C23B8F

triadic

#B23BC2 #C2B23B #3BC2B2

tetradic

#B23BC2 #C26F3B #4BC23B #3B8FC2

square

#B23BC2 #C26F3B #4BC23B #3B8FC2

split-complementary

#B23BC2 #8FC23B #3BC26F

monochromatic

#5C1E64 #872D93 #B23BC2 #C569D1 #D798E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B23BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B23BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC2	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B68C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F76BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.218 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd5',
    500: '#b23bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc2;
$custom-light: #cd7bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.21788,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC2

secondary

#95CB8E

accent

#DD4B5C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC2

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

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