#B23BC8#B23BC8

#B23BC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.223 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC8
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 66.05, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 82.97, 322.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1731 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.223 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3482, 16.7646, 56.2697)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC8 #51C83B

analogous

#6B3BC8 #B23BC8 #C83B97

triadic

#B23BC8 #C8B23B #3BC8B2

tetradic

#B23BC8 #C86B3B #51C83B #3B97C8

square

#B23BC8 #C86B3B #51C83B #3B97C8

split-complementary

#B23BC8 #97C83B #3BC86B

monochromatic

#5F1E6B #892B9A #B23BC8 #C56BD5 #D89BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B23BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B23BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC8

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC8	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.223 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd9',
    500: '#b23bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc8;
$custom-light: #cd7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.638,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58028,
    "c": 0.22295,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC8

secondary

#9ACF90

accent

#DF4860

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC8

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

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