#B23CAE#B23CAE

#B23CAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.200 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CAE
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 61.12, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 71.51, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.172 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.2 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6157, 15.7547, 41.6226)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CAE #3CB240

analogous

#7B3CB2 #B23CAE #B23C73

triadic

#B23CAE #AEB23C #3CAEB2

tetradic

#B23CAE #B27B3C #3CB240 #3C73B2

square

#B23CAE #B27B3C #3CB240 #3C73B2

split-complementary

#B23CAE #73B23C #3CB27B

monochromatic

#561D55 #842D81 #B23CAE #CA61C6 #D98FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B23CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B23CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CAE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CAE	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F64B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.200 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc6',
    500: '#b23cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cae;
$custom-light: #cc7bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.034,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56619,
    "c": 0.20021,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CAE

secondary

#86C488

accent

#D9534F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CAE

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

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