#B23BC9#B23BC9

#B23BC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.224 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BC9
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 66.23, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 83.41, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1731 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.224 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4654, 16.8115, 56.8872)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BC9 #52C93B

analogous

#6B3BC9 #B23BC9 #C93B99

triadic

#B23BC9 #C9B23B #3BC9B2

tetradic

#B23BC9 #C96B3B #52C93B #3B99C9

square

#B23BC9 #C96B3B #52C93B #3B99C9

split-complementary

#B23BC9 #99C93B #3BC96B

monochromatic

#5F1E6C #8A2B9C #B23BC9 #C56BD6 #D89BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B23BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B23BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BC9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BC9	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.224 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cda',
    500: '#b23bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bc9;
$custom-light: #cd7cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.282,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58089,
    "c": 0.22379,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BC9

secondary

#9BCF90

accent

#E04860

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BC9

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

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