#B23CAA#B23CAA

#B23CAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.197 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CAA
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 60.45, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 69.90, 329.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1718 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.197 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2315, 15.6010, 39.5994)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CAA #3CB244

analogous

#7F3CB2 #B23CAA #B23C6F

triadic

#B23CAA #AAB23C #3CAAB2

tetradic

#B23CAA #B27F3C #3CB244 #3C6FB2

square

#B23CAA #B27F3C #3CB244 #3C6FB2

split-complementary

#B23CAA #6FB23C #3CB27F

monochromatic

#561D53 #842D7E #B23CAA #CA61C3 #D98FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B23CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B23CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CAA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CAA	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3364AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E74A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.197 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc3',
    500: '#b23caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23caa;
$custom-light: #cc7bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.068,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56405,
    "c": 0.19704,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CAA

secondary

#86C48A

accent

#D9584F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CAA

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

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