#B23CC2#B23CC2

#B23CC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.217 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CC2
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 64.58, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 79.93, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1724 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.217 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7126, 16.5934, 52.6663)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CC2 #4CC23C

analogous

#6F3CC2 #B23CC2 #C23C8F

triadic

#B23CC2 #C2B23C #3CC2B2

tetradic

#B23CC2 #C26F3C #4CC23C #3C8FC2

square

#B23CC2 #C26F3C #4CC23C #3C8FC2

split-complementary

#B23CC2 #8FC23C #3CC26F

monochromatic

#5C1F65 #872E93 #B23CC2 #C56AD1 #D799DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B23CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B23CC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CC2

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CC2	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F69C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5076BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.217 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd5',
    500: '#b23cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cc2;
$custom-light: #cd7cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.836,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.2167,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CC2

secondary

#96CB8F

accent

#DC4C5D

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CC2

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

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