#B23BCC#B23BCC

#B23BCC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.226 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BCC
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 66.78, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 84.72, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1729 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.226 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8218, 16.9541, 58.7640)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BCC #55CC3B

analogous

#6A3BCC #B23BCC #CC3B9E

triadic

#B23BCC #CCB23B #3BCCB2

tetradic

#B23BCC #CC6A3B #55CC3B #3B9ECC

square

#B23BCC #CC6A3B #55CC3B #3B9ECC

split-complementary

#B23BCC #9ECC3B #3BCC6A

monochromatic

#611D70 #8B2AA0 #B23BCC #C56CD9 #D89CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B23BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B23BCC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BCC

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BCC	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4776C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.226 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdc',
    500: '#b23bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bcc;
$custom-light: #cd7cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.241,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58276,
    "c": 0.22635,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BCC

secondary

#9DD192

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BCC

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

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