#B23BCA#B23BCA

#B23BCA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.225 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BCA
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 202)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 66.41, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 83.85, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.173 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.225 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5834, 16.8587, 57.5088)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BCA #53CA3B

analogous

#6A3BCA #B23BCA #CA3B9A

triadic

#B23BCA #CAB23B #3BCAB2

tetradic

#B23BCA #CA6A3B #53CA3B #3B9ACA

square

#B23BCA #CA6A3B #53CA3B #3B9ACA

split-complementary

#B23BCA #9ACA3B #3BCA6A

monochromatic

#601E6D #8A2B9D #B23BCA #C56BD7 #D89BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B23BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B23BCA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BCA

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BCA	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4976C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.225 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdb',
    500: '#b23bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bca;
$custom-light: #cd7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.93,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58151,
    "c": 0.22464,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BCA

secondary

#9BD091

accent

#E14761

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFB

border

#D3C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BCA

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

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