#B23DC7#B23DC7

#B23DC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.220 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DC7
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 65.11, -49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 81.68, 322.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1712 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.22 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3365, 16.9276, 55.6912)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DC7 #52C73D

analogous

#6D3DC7 #B23DC7 #C73D97

triadic

#B23DC7 #C7B23D #3DC7B2

tetradic

#B23DC7 #C76D3D #52C73D #3D97C7

square

#B23DC7 #C76D3D #52C73D #3D97C7

split-complementary

#B23DC7 #97C73D #3DC76D

monochromatic

#5F1F6B #8A2D9A #B23DC7 #C56CD5 #D89CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B23DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B23DC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23DC7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23DC7	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.220 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd9',
    500: '#b23dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23dc7;
$custom-light: #cd7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.87,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.21976,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DC7

secondary

#9BCE91

accent

#DF4960

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DC7

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

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