#B23BC3#B23BC3

#B23BC3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.219 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC3
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 65.14, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 80.79, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1733 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.219 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7734, 16.5347, 53.2425)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC3 #4CC33B

analogous

#6E3BC3 #B23BC3 #C33B90

triadic

#B23BC3 #C3B23B #3BC3B2

tetradic

#B23BC3 #C36E3B #4CC33B #3B90C3

square

#B23BC3 #C36E3B #4CC33B #3B90C3

split-complementary

#B23BC3 #90C33B #3BC36E

monochromatic

#5C1F65 #872D94 #B23BC3 #C569D2 #D798E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B23BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B23BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC3	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0768C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.219 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd6',
    500: '#b23bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc3;
$custom-light: #cd7bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57723,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC3

secondary

#96CC8E

accent

#DD4B5D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC3

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

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