#B23CA5#B23CA5

#B23CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.193 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA5
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 59.64, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 67.93, 331.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1714 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.193 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7675, 15.4154, 37.1557)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA5 #3CB249

analogous

#843CB2 #B23CA5 #B23C6A

triadic

#B23CA5 #A5B23C #3CA5B2

tetradic

#B23CA5 #B2843C #3CB249 #3C6AB2

square

#B23CA5 #B2843C #3CB249 #3C6AB2

split-complementary

#B23CA5 #6AB23C #3CB284

monochromatic

#561D50 #842D7B #B23CA5 #CA61BE #D98FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B23CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#B23CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA5	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3763A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA476B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.193 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc0',
    500: '#b23ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca5;
$custom-light: #cc7bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.61,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56144,
    "c": 0.19314,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA5

secondary

#86C48D

accent

#D95E4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA5

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

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