#B23CB0#B23CB0

#B23CB0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.202 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB0
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 61.45, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 72.33, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1722 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.202 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8121, 15.8332, 42.6571)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB0 #3CB23E

analogous

#793CB2 #B23CB0 #B23C75

triadic

#B23CB0 #B0B23C #3CB0B2

tetradic

#B23CB0 #B2793C #3CB23E #3C75B2

square

#B23CB0 #B2793C #3CB23E #3C75B2

split-complementary

#B23CB0 #75B23C #3CB279

monochromatic

#561D55 #842D83 #B23CB0 #CA61C8 #D98FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B23CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B23CB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB0

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB0	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.202 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc8',
    500: '#b23cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb0;
$custom-light: #cc7bc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.017,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56728,
    "c": 0.20182,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB0

secondary

#86C487

accent

#D9514F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB0

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

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