#B23BCD#B23BCD

#B23BCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.227 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BCD
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 71.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 66.96, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 85.17, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1728 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.227 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9421, 17.0022, 59.3977)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BCD #56CD3B

analogous

#693BCD #B23BCD #CD3B9F

triadic

#B23BCD #CDB23B #3BCDB2

tetradic

#B23BCD #CD693B #56CD3B #3B9FCD

square

#B23BCD #CD693B #56CD3B #3B9FCD

split-complementary

#B23BCD #9FCD3B #3BCD69

monochromatic

#611D71 #8B29A2 #B23BCD #C56CD9 #D89DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B23BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B23BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BCD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BCD	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4677CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.227 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdd',
    500: '#b23bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bcd;
$custom-light: #cd7cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.904,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58339,
    "c": 0.22721,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BCD

secondary

#9ED292

accent

#E34562

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BCD

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

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