#B23BCB#B23BCB

#B23BCB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.225 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BCB
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 203)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 66.60, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 84.28, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.173 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.225 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7022, 16.9062, 58.1344)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BCB #54CB3B

analogous

#6A3BCB #B23BCB #CB3B9C

triadic

#B23BCB #CBB23B #3BCBB2

tetradic

#B23BCB #CB6A3B #54CB3B #3B9CCB

square

#B23BCB #CB6A3B #54CB3B #3B9CCB

split-complementary

#B23BCB #9CCB3B #3BCB6A

monochromatic

#601D6E #8A2A9F #B23BCB #C56BD8 #D89CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B23BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B23BCB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BCB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BCB	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4876C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.225 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdb',
    500: '#b23bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bcb;
$custom-light: #cd7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.583,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.22549,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BCB

secondary

#9CD191

accent

#E14761

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BCB

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

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