#B23DB9#B23DB9

#B23DB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.208 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DB9
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 67%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 62.61, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 75.64, 325.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1713 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.208 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7852, 16.3071, 47.5210)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DB9 #44B93D

analogous

#743DB9 #B23DB9 #B93D82

triadic

#B23DB9 #B9B23D #3DB9B2

tetradic

#B23DB9 #B9743D #44B93D #3D82B9

square

#B23DB9 #B9743D #44B93D #3D82B9

split-complementary

#B23DB9 #82B93D #3DB974

monochromatic

#591F5D #862E8B #B23DB9 #C766CD #D895DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B23DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B23DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23DB9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23DB9	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2467BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.208 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cce',
    500: '#b23db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23db9;
$custom-light: #cc7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.613,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.20793,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DB9

secondary

#8EC78B

accent

#DA4E56

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DB9

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

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