#B23BD1#B23BD1

#B23BD1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.231 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BD1
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 209)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 67.71, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 86.93, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1725 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.231 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4311, 17.1978, 61.9731)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BD1 #5AD13B

analogous

#673BD1 #B23BD1 #D13BA5

triadic

#B23BD1 #D1B23B #3BD1B2

tetradic

#B23BD1 #D1673B #5AD13B #3BA5D1

square

#B23BD1 #D1673B #5AD13B #3BA5D1

split-complementary

#B23BD1 #A5D13B #3BD167

monochromatic

#631C76 #8D27A7 #B23BD1 #C56DDD #D99EE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B23BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B23BD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BD1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BD1	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.231 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce0',
    500: '#b23bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bd1;
$custom-light: #cd7ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.23063,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BD1

secondary

#A1D493

accent

#E54364

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BD1

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

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