#B23CA9#B23CA9

#B23CA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.196 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CA9
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 60.29, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 69.50, 330.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1717 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.196 331)
XYZ	xyz(27.1373, 15.5633, 39.1031)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CA9 #3CB245

analogous

#803CB2 #B23CA9 #B23C6E

triadic

#B23CA9 #A9B23C #3CA9B2

tetradic

#B23CA9 #B2803C #3CB245 #3C6EB2

square

#B23CA9 #B2803C #3CB245 #3C6EB2

split-complementary

#B23CA9 #6EB23C #3CB280

monochromatic

#561D52 #842D7E #B23CA9 #CA61C2 #D98FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B23CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B23CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CA9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CA9	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9496D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.196 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc3',
    500: '#b23ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ca9;
$custom-light: #cc7bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.576,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56352,
    "c": 0.19625,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CA9

secondary

#86C48A

accent

#D9594F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CA9

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

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