#B23CA6#B23CA6

#B23CA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.194 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA6
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 59.80, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 68.32, 331.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1715 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.194 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8589, 15.4519, 37.6369)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA6 #3CB248

analogous

#833CB2 #B23CA6 #B23C6B

triadic

#B23CA6 #A6B23C #3CA6B2

tetradic

#B23CA6 #B2833C #3CB248 #3C6BB2

square

#B23CA6 #B2833C #3CB248 #3C6BB2

split-complementary

#B23CA6 #6BB23C #3CB283

monochromatic

#561D51 #842D7B #B23CA6 #CA61BF #D98FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B23CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B23CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA6	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3663A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.194 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc1',
    500: '#b23ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca6;
$custom-light: #cc7bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.102,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56196,
    "c": 0.19392,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA6

secondary

#86C48C

accent

#D95D4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA6

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

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