#B23CA4#B23CA4

#B23CA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.192 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA4
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 59.48, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 67.55, 331.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1713 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.192 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6769, 15.3791, 36.6782)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA4 #3CB24A

analogous

#853CB2 #B23CA4 #B23C69

triadic

#B23CA4 #A4B23C #3CA4B2

tetradic

#B23CA4 #B2853C #3CB24A #3C69B2

square

#B23CA4 #B2853C #3CB24A #3C69B2

split-complementary

#B23CA4 #69B23C #3CB285

monochromatic

#561D50 #842D7A #B23CA4 #CA61BD #D98FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#B23CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B23CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA4	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3862A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.192 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bbf',
    500: '#b23ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca4;
$custom-light: #cc7bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.119,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56093,
    "c": 0.19237,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA4

secondary

#86C48D

accent

#D95F4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA4

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

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