#B23BD0#B23BD0

#B23BD0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.230 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BD0
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 208)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 67.52, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 86.49, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1726 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.23 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3077, 17.1484, 61.3231)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BD0 #59D03B

analogous

#673BD0 #B23BD0 #D03BA4

triadic

#B23BD0 #D0B23B #3BD0B2

tetradic

#B23BD0 #D0673B #59D03B #3BA4D0

square

#B23BD0 #D0673B #59D03B #3BA4D0

split-complementary

#B23BD0 #A4D03B #3BD067

monochromatic

#631C75 #8D28A6 #B23BD0 #C56CDC #D99EE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B23BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B23BD0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BD0

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BD0	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4477CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.230 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdf',
    500: '#b23bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bd0;
$custom-light: #cd7cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.919,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58528,
    "c": 0.22978,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BD0

secondary

#A0D493

accent

#E44364

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BD0

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

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