#B23CC9#B23CC9

#B23CC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.223 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CC9
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 65.86, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 82.98, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1721 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.223 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5173, 16.9153, 56.9045)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CC9 #53C93C

analogous

#6B3CC9 #B23CC9 #C93C99

triadic

#B23CC9 #C9B23C #3CC9B2

tetradic

#B23CC9 #C96B3C #53C93C #3C99C9

square

#B23CC9 #C96B3C #53C93C #3C99C9

split-complementary

#B23CC9 #99C93C #3CC96B

monochromatic

#601E6D #8A2B9C #B23CC9 #C56CD6 #D89CE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B23CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B23CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CC9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CC9	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.223 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cda',
    500: '#b23cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cc9;
$custom-light: #cd7cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.213,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58183,
    "c": 0.22264,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CC9

secondary

#9BD091

accent

#E04861

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CC9

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

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