#B23CB9#B23CB9

#B23CB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.209 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CB9
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 62.99, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 76.08, 325.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1724 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.209 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7323, 16.2013, 47.5033)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CB9 #43B93C

analogous

#733CB9 #B23CB9 #B93C81

triadic

#B23CB9 #B9B23C #3CB9B2

tetradic

#B23CB9 #B9733C #43B93C #3C81B9

square

#B23CB9 #B9733C #43B93C #3C81B9

split-complementary

#B23CB9 #81B93C #3CB973

monochromatic

#591E5D #862D8B #B23CB9 #C765CD #D893DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B23CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B23CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CB9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CB9	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2267BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5575B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.209 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bce',
    500: '#b23cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cb9;
$custom-light: #cc7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.64,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57232,
    "c": 0.20917,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CB9

secondary

#8DC789

accent

#DA4D55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CB9

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

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