#B23CA1#B23CA1

#B23CA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.190 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA1
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 161)
HSL	hsl(309, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 59.01, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 66.40, 332.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1709 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.19 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4092, 15.2720, 35.2682)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA1 #3CB24D

analogous

#883CB2 #B23CA1 #B23C66

triadic

#B23CA1 #A1B23C #3CA1B2

tetradic

#B23CA1 #B2883C #3CB24D #3C66B2

square

#B23CA1 #B2883C #3CB24D #3C66B2

split-complementary

#B23CA1 #66B23C #3CB288

monochromatic

#561D4E #842D78 #B23CA1 #CA61BB #D98FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B23CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B23CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA1	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A62A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.190 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bbd',
    500: '#b23ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca1;
$custom-light: #cc7bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.644,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55941,
    "c": 0.19009,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA1

secondary

#86C48F

accent

#D9634F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA1

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

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