#B23CB1#B23CB1

#B23CB1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.203 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB1
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 177)
HSL	hsl(301, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 61.62, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 72.74, 327.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1722 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.203 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9114, 15.8729, 43.1801)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB1 #3CB23D

analogous

#783CB2 #B23CB1 #B23C76

triadic

#B23CB1 #B1B23C #3CB1B2

tetradic

#B23CB1 #B2783C #3CB23D #3C76B2

square

#B23CB1 #B2783C #3CB23D #3C76B2

split-complementary

#B23CB1 #76B23C #3CB278

monochromatic

#561D56 #842D83 #B23CB1 #CA61C9 #D98FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B23CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B23CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB1

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB1	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A74AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.203 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc9',
    500: '#b23cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb1;
$custom-light: #cc7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.508,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56783,
    "c": 0.20262,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB1

secondary

#86C486

accent

#D9504F

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB1

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

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