#B23CC5#B23CC5

#B23CC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.219 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CC5
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 197)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 65.13, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 81.23, 323.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1723 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.219 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0529, 16.7295, 54.4586)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CC5 #4FC53C

analogous

#6D3CC5 #B23CC5 #C53C93

triadic

#B23CC5 #C5B23C #3CC5B2

tetradic

#B23CC5 #C56D3C #4FC53C #3C93C5

square

#B23CC5 #C56D3C #4FC53C #3C93C5

split-complementary

#B23CC5 #93C53C #3CC56D

monochromatic

#5E1F68 #882D97 #B23CC5 #C56BD3 #D79AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B23CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B23CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CC5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CC5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0369C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4547C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.219 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd7',
    500: '#b23cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cc5;
$custom-light: #cd7cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.679,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57939,
    "c": 0.21924,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CC5

secondary

#98CD90

accent

#DE4A5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CC5

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

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