#B23CD7#B23CD7

#B23CD7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.235 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CD7
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 215)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 68.48, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 89.19, 320.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.171 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.235 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2399, 17.6043, 65.9765)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CD7 #61D73C

analogous

#653CD7 #B23CD7 #D73CAF

triadic

#B23CD7 #D7B23C #3CD7B2

tetradic

#B23CD7 #D7653C #61D73C #3CAFD7

square

#B23CD7 #D7653C #61D73C #3CAFD7

split-complementary

#B23CD7 #AFD73C #3CD765

monochromatic

#671A7F #9024B1 #B23CD7 #C66FE1 #DAA2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B23CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B23CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23CD7

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23CD7	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E78D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.235 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de4',
    500: '#b23cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23cd7;
$custom-light: #cd7de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.677,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59071,
    "c": 0.23471,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CD7

secondary

#A6D896

accent

#E93F67

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CD7

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

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