#B23BD3#B23BD3

#B23BD3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.232 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BD3
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 211)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 72%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 68.08, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 87.82, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1723 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.232 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6803, 17.2975, 63.2854)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BD3 #5CD33B

analogous

#663BD3 #B23BD3 #D33BA8

triadic

#B23BD3 #D3B23B #3BD3B2

tetradic

#B23BD3 #D3663B #5CD33B #3BA8D3

square

#B23BD3 #D3663B #5CD33B #3BA8D3

split-complementary

#B23BD3 #A8D33B #3BD366

monochromatic

#641B79 #8E26AB #B23BD3 #C66DDE #D99FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B23BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B23BD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BD3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BD3	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4177D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.232 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce1',
    500: '#b23bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bd3;
$custom-light: #cd7ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.974,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5872,
    "c": 0.23235,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BD3

secondary

#A2D694

accent

#E64165

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BD3

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

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