#B23DC8#B23DC8

#B23DC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.221 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DC8
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 200)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 69.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 65.29, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 82.11, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1711 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.221 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4530, 16.9742, 56.3047)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DC8 #53C83D

analogous

#6C3DC8 #B23DC8 #C83D98

triadic

#B23DC8 #C8B23D #3DC8B2

tetradic

#B23DC8 #C86C3D #53C83D #3D98C8

square

#B23DC8 #C86C3D #53C83D #3D98C8

split-complementary

#B23DC8 #98C83D #3DC86C

monochromatic

#601F6C #8A2C9C #B23DC8 #C56DD6 #D89CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B23DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B23DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23DC8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23DC8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.221 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7cd9',
    500: '#b23dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23dc8;
$custom-light: #cd7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.504,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58217,
    "c": 0.22061,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DC8

secondary

#9BCF92

accent

#DF4960

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DC8

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

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