#B23CA0#B23CA0

#B23CA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.189 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA0
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 58.85, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 66.02, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1708 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.189 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3213, 15.2369, 34.8056)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA0 #3CB24E

analogous

#893CB2 #B23CA0 #B23C65

triadic

#B23CA0 #A0B23C #3CA0B2

tetradic

#B23CA0 #B2893C #3CB24E #3C65B2

square

#B23CA0 #B2893C #3CB24E #3C65B2

split-complementary

#B23CA0 #65B23C #3CB289

monochromatic

#561D4E #842D77 #B23CA0 #CA61BA #D98FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B23CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B23CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA0

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA0	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B62A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.189 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bbc',
    500: '#b23ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca0;
$custom-light: #cc7bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.153,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55891,
    "c": 0.18933,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA0

secondary

#86C48F

accent

#D9644F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA0

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

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