#B23BC5#B23BC5

#B23BC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.220 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC5
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 197)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 65.50, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 81.66, 323.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1733 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.22 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0010, 16.6258, 54.4414)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC5 #4EC53B

analogous

#6D3BC5 #B23BC5 #C53B93

triadic

#B23BC5 #C5B23B #3BC5B2

tetradic

#B23BC5 #C56D3B #4EC53B #3B93C5

square

#B23BC5 #C56D3B #4EC53B #3B93C5

split-complementary

#B23BC5 #93C53B #3BC56D

monochromatic

#5D1F67 #882C96 #B23BC5 #C56AD3 #D799E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B23BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B23BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.220 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7bd7',
    500: '#b23bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc5;
$custom-light: #cd7bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57844,
    "c": 0.22041,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC5

secondary

#98CD8F

accent

#DE4A5E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC5

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

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