#B23CB3#B23CB3

#B23CB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.204 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB3
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 179)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 61.96, -39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 73.56, 327.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1723 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.204 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1122, 15.9533, 44.2377)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB3 #3DB33C

analogous

#773CB3 #B23CB3 #B33C79

triadic

#B23CB3 #B3B23C #3CB3B2

tetradic

#B23CB3 #B3773C #3DB33C #3C79B3

square

#B23CB3 #B3773C #3DB33C #3C79B3

split-complementary

#B23CB3 #79B33C #3CB377

monochromatic

#571D57 #842D85 #B23CB3 #C962CA #D990DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B23CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B23CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB3

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB3	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A65B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5975B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.204 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bca',
    500: '#b23cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb3;
$custom-light: #cc7bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.496,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56893,
    "c": 0.20424,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB3

secondary

#87C586

accent

#D94E50

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB3

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

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