#B23CA3#B23CA3

#B23CA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.192 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA3
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 59.32, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 67.16, 332.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1712 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.192 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5869, 15.3432, 36.2045)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA3 #3CB24B

analogous

#863CB2 #B23CA3 #B23C68

triadic

#B23CA3 #A3B23C #3CA3B2

tetradic

#B23CA3 #B2863C #3CB24B #3C68B2

square

#B23CA3 #B2863C #3CB24B #3C68B2

split-complementary

#B23CA3 #68B23C #3CB286

monochromatic

#561D4F #842D79 #B23CA3 #CA61BD #D98FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B23CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B23CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA3

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA3	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3962A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6173A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.192 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bbe',
    500: '#b23ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca3;
$custom-light: #cc7bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.627,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.19161,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA3

secondary

#86C48E

accent

#D9604F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA3

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

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