#B23DB8#B23DB8

#B23DB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.207 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DB8
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 184)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 62.43, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 75.21, 326.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1713 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.207 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6800, 16.2650, 46.9670)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DB8 #43B83D

analogous

#743DB8 #B23DB8 #B83D80

triadic

#B23DB8 #B8B23D #3DB8B2

tetradic

#B23DB8 #B8743D #43B83D #3D80B8

square

#B23DB8 #B8743D #43B83D #3D80B8

split-complementary

#B23DB8 #80B83D #3DB874

monochromatic

#591F5C #862E8A #B23DB8 #C766CC #D894DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B23DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B23DB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23DB8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23DB8	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2567BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.207 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cce',
    500: '#b23db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23db8;
$custom-light: #cc7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.073,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57274,
    "c": 0.2071,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DB8

secondary

#8DC78A

accent

#DA4E55

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DB8

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

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