#B23CA2#B23CA2

#B23CA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.191 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA2
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 59.17, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 66.78, 332.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.171 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.191 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4977, 15.3075, 35.7345)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA2 #3CB24C

analogous

#873CB2 #B23CA2 #B23C67

triadic

#B23CA2 #A2B23C #3CA2B2

tetradic

#B23CA2 #B2873C #3CB24C #3C67B2

square

#B23CA2 #B2873C #3CB24C #3C67B2

split-complementary

#B23CA2 #67B23C #3CB287

monochromatic

#561D4F #842D78 #B23CA2 #CA61BC #D98FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#B23CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B23CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA2	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3962A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61739F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.191 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bbe',
    500: '#b23ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca2;
$custom-light: #cc7bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.136,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55991,
    "c": 0.19085,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA2

secondary

#86C48E

accent

#D9614F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA2

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

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