#B23CBE#B23CBE

#B23CBE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.213 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CBE
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 63.87, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 78.21, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1724 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.213 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2694, 16.4161, 50.3322)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CBE #48BE3C

analogous

#713CBE #B23CBE #BE3C89

triadic

#B23CBE #BEB23C #3CBEB2

tetradic

#B23CBE #BE713C #48BE3C #3C89BE

square

#B23CBE #BE713C #48BE3C #3C89BE

split-complementary

#B23CBE #89BE3C #3CBE71

monochromatic

#5B1F61 #862D8F #B23CBE #C668CF #D796DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B23CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B23CBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CBE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CBE	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1968C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5275BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.213 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd2',
    500: '#b23cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cbe;
$custom-light: #cd7cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.462,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57522,
    "c": 0.21333,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CBE

secondary

#92CA8C

accent

#DB4C5A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CBE

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

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