#B23CA8#B23CA8

#B23CA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.195 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA8
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 60.13, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 69.11, 330.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1716 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.195 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0438, 15.5259, 38.6106)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA8 #3CB246

analogous

#813CB2 #B23CA8 #B23C6D

triadic

#B23CA8 #A8B23C #3CA8B2

tetradic

#B23CA8 #B2813C #3CB246 #3C6DB2

square

#B23CA8 #B2813C #3CB246 #3C6DB2

split-complementary

#B23CA8 #6DB23C #3CB281

monochromatic

#561D52 #842D7D #B23CA8 #CA61C1 #D98FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B23CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B23CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA8	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3563AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.195 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc2',
    500: '#b23ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca8;
$custom-light: #cc7bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.085,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.563,
    "c": 0.19547,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA8

secondary

#86C48B

accent

#D95A4F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA8

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

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