#B23CAF#B23CAF

#B23CAF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.201 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CAF
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 61.28, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 71.92, 328.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1721 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.201 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7135, 15.7938, 42.1380)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CAF #3CB23F

analogous

#7A3CB2 #B23CAF #B23C74

triadic

#B23CAF #AFB23C #3CAFB2

tetradic

#B23CAF #B27A3C #3CB23F #3C74B2

square

#B23CAF #B27A3C #3CB23F #3C74B2

split-complementary

#B23CAF #74B23C #3CB27A

monochromatic

#561D55 #842D82 #B23CAF #CA61C7 #D98FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B23CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B23CAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CAF

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CAF	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E65B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.201 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc7',
    500: '#b23caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23caf;
$custom-light: #cc7bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.525,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.20102,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CAF

secondary

#86C487

accent

#D9524F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CAF

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

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