#B23CD2#B23CD2

#B23CD2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.230 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CD2
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 67.53, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 86.96, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1715 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.23 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6072, 17.3513, 62.6445)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CD2 #5CD23C

analogous

#673CD2 #B23CD2 #D23CA7

triadic

#B23CD2 #D2B23C #3CD2B2

tetradic

#B23CD2 #D2673C #5CD23C #3CA7D2

square

#B23CD2 #D2673C #5CD23C #3CA7D2

split-complementary

#B23CD2 #A7D23C #3CD267

monochromatic

#641C78 #8E27AA #B23CD2 #C66EDD #D99FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B23CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B23CD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CD2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CD2	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.230 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ce0',
    500: '#b23cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cd2;
$custom-light: #cd7ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.2,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58748,
    "c": 0.23037,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CD2

secondary

#A2D594

accent

#E64265

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CD2

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

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