#B23CB6#B23CB6

#B23CB6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.207 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB6
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 67%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 62.47, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 74.81, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1724 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.207 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4189, 16.0760, 45.8530)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB6 #40B63C

analogous

#753CB6 #B23CB6 #B63C7D

triadic

#B23CB6 #B6B23C #3CB6B2

tetradic

#B23CB6 #B6753C #40B63C #3C7DB6

square

#B23CB6 #B6753C #40B63C #3C7DB6

split-complementary

#B23CB6 #7DB63C #3CB675

monochromatic

#581E5A #852D88 #B23CB6 #C863CC #D891DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B23CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B23CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB6	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2666BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.207 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bcc',
    500: '#b23cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb6;
$custom-light: #cc7bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.033,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57061,
    "c": 0.2067,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB6

secondary

#8AC688

accent

#DA4E52

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB6

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

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