#B23CE7#B23CE7

#B23CE7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.249 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23CE7
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 231)
HSL	hsl(281, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 74%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 71.58, -64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 96.39, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1689 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.249 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3972, 18.4672, 77.3384)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23CE7 #71E73C

analogous

#5D3CE7 #B23CE7 #E73CC6

triadic

#B23CE7 #E7B23C #3CE7B2

tetradic

#B23CE7 #E75D3C #71E73C #3CC6E7

square

#B23CE7 #E75D3C #71E73C #3CC6E7

split-complementary

#B23CE7 #C6E73C #3CE75D

monochromatic

#6D1296 #9519CD #B23CE7 #C872EE #DDA9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B23CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B23CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B23CE7

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B23CE7	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC638F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.249 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7def',
    500: '#b23ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ce7;
$custom-light: #ce7def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.404,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.2487,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23CE7

secondary

#B2E29D

accent

#F5336F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23CE7

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

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