#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
RGBrgb(178, 59, 204)
HSLhsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(12.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(48.20, 66.78, -52.14)
CIE-LCHlch(48.20, 84.72, 322.02°)
OKLaboklab(58.28% 0.1729 -0.1461)
OKLCHoklch(58.28% 0.226 319.8)
XYZxyz(30.8218, 16.9541, 58.7640)
Luminance0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B23BCC1.004.784.394.78
#FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00
#0000004.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00

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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#B23BCC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva