#B23CB4#B23CB4

#B23CB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.205 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB4
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 62.13, -40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 73.98, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1723 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.205 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2137, 15.9939, 44.7723)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB4 #3EB43C

analogous

#763CB4 #B23CB4 #B43C7A

triadic

#B23CB4 #B4B23C #3CB4B2

tetradic

#B23CB4 #B4763C #3EB43C #3C7AB4

square

#B23CB4 #B4763C #3EB43C #3C7AB4

split-complementary

#B23CB4 #7AB43C #3CB476

monochromatic

#571D58 #852D86 #B23CB4 #C962CB #D990DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B23CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B23CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB4

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB4	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5875B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.205 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bcb',
    500: '#b23cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb4;
$custom-light: #cc7bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56949,
    "c": 0.20507,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB4

secondary

#88C587

accent

#DA4E51

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB4

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

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