#B23CCD#B23CCD

#B23CCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.226 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CCD
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 66.59, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 84.74, 321.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1718 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.226 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9940, 17.1060, 59.4150)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CCD #57CD3C

analogous

#6A3CCD #B23CCD #CD3C9F

triadic

#B23CCD #CDB23C #3CCDB2

tetradic

#B23CCD #CD6A3C #57CD3C #3C9FCD

square

#B23CCD #CD6A3C #57CD3C #3C9FCD

split-complementary

#B23CCD #9FCD3C #3CCD6A

monochromatic

#621D71 #8C2AA2 #B23CCD #C56DD9 #D89DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B23CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B23CCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CCD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CCD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.226 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cdd',
    500: '#b23ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ccd;
$custom-light: #cd7cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.828,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58432,
    "c": 0.22607,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CCD

secondary

#9ED293

accent

#E24563

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CCD

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

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