#B23BD2#B23BD2

#B23BD2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.231 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BD2
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 67.90, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 87.38, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1724 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.231 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5553, 17.2475, 62.6272)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BD2 #5BD23B

analogous

#673BD2 #B23BD2 #D23BA6

triadic

#B23BD2 #D2B23B #3BD2B2

tetradic

#B23BD2 #D2673B #5BD23B #3BA6D2

square

#B23BD2 #D2673B #5BD23B #3BA6D2

split-complementary

#B23BD2 #A6D23B #3BD267

monochromatic

#641B77 #8D27A9 #B23BD2 #C66DDD #D99FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B23BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B23BD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BD2

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BD2	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4277CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.231 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce0',
    500: '#b23bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bd2;
$custom-light: #cd7ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.285,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58656,
    "c": 0.23149,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BD2

secondary

#A2D594

accent

#E64265

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BD2

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

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