#B23CC6#B23CC6

#B23CC6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.220 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CC6
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 198)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 65.31, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 81.67, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1722 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.22 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1679, 16.7755, 55.0641)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CC6 #50C63C

analogous

#6D3CC6 #B23CC6 #C63C95

triadic

#B23CC6 #C6B23C #3CC6B2

tetradic

#B23CC6 #C66D3C #50C63C #3C95C6

square

#B23CC6 #C66D3C #50C63C #3C95C6

split-complementary

#B23CC6 #95C63C #3CC66D

monochromatic

#5E1F69 #892D98 #B23CC6 #C56BD4 #D79BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B23CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B23CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CC6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CC6	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D76C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.220 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd8',
    500: '#b23cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cc6;
$custom-light: #cd7cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.22008,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CC6

secondary

#99CE90

accent

#DE4A5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CC6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →