#B23CB8#B23CB8

#B23CB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.208 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB8
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 62.82, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 75.66, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1724 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.208 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6271, 16.1592, 46.9493)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB8 #42B83C

analogous

#743CB8 #B23CB8 #B83C80

triadic

#B23CB8 #B8B23C #3CB8B2

tetradic

#B23CB8 #B8743C #42B83C #3C80B8

square

#B23CB8 #B8743C #42B83C #3C80B8

split-complementary

#B23CB8 #80B83C #3CB874

monochromatic

#591E5C #852D8A #B23CB8 #C865CD #D893DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B23CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B23CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB8	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.208 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bce',
    500: '#b23cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb8;
$custom-light: #cc7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57175,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB8

secondary

#8CC789

accent

#DA4D54

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB8

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

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