#B23CBC#B23CBC

#B23CBC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.212 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CBC
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(295, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 63.52, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 77.35, 325.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1724 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.212 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0523, 16.3293, 49.1888)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CBC #46BC3C

analogous

#723CBC #B23CBC #BC3C86

triadic

#B23CBC #BCB23C #3CBCB2

tetradic

#B23CBC #BC723C #46BC3C #3C86BC

square

#B23CBC #BC723C #46BC3C #3C86BC

split-complementary

#B23CBC #86BC3C #3CBC72

monochromatic

#5A1E5F #862D8E #B23CBC #C667CE #D895DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B23CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B23CBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CBC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CBC	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.212 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd1',
    500: '#b23cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cbc;
$custom-light: #cd7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57405,
    "c": 0.21167,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CBC

secondary

#90C98B

accent

#DB4D58

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CBC

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

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