#B23BC4#B23BC4

#B23BC4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.220 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC4
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 65.32, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 81.23, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1733 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.22 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8868, 16.5801, 53.8399)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC4 #4DC43B

analogous

#6E3BC4 #B23BC4 #C43B91

triadic

#B23BC4 #C4B23B #3BC4B2

tetradic

#B23BC4 #C46E3B #4DC43B #3B91C4

square

#B23BC4 #C46E3B #4DC43B #3B91C4

split-complementary

#B23BC4 #91C43B #3BC46E

monochromatic

#5D1F66 #872D95 #B23BC4 #C46AD2 #D799E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B23BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B23BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC4	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0269C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4537C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.220 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd6',
    500: '#b23bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc4;
$custom-light: #cd7bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.117,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57783,
    "c": 0.21957,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC4

secondary

#97CC8F

accent

#DD4B5E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC4

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

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