#B23CCC#B23CCC

#B23CCC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.225 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CCC
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 70.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 66.41, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 84.30, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1719 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.225 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8737, 17.0578, 58.7813)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CCC #56CC3C

analogous

#6A3CCC #B23CCC #CC3C9E

triadic

#B23CCC #CCB23C #3CCCB2

tetradic

#B23CCC #CC6A3C #56CC3C #3C9ECC

square

#B23CCC #CC6A3C #56CC3C #3C9ECC

split-complementary

#B23CCC #9ECC3C #3CCC6A

monochromatic

#611D70 #8B2AA1 #B23CCC #C56DD9 #D89DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B23CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B23CCC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CCC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CCC	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.225 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdc',
    500: '#b23ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ccc;
$custom-light: #cd7cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58369,
    "c": 0.2252,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CCC

secondary

#9ED192

accent

#E24662

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CCC

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

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