#B23DD9#B23DD9

#B23DD9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.235 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DD9
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 71.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 68.49, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 89.67, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1698 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.235 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5513, 17.8135, 67.3559)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DD9 #64D93D

analogous

#643DD9 #B23DD9 #D93DB2

triadic

#B23DD9 #D9B23D #3DD9B2

tetradic

#B23DD9 #D9643D #64D93D #3DB2D9

square

#B23DD9 #D9643D #64D93D #3DB2D9

split-complementary

#B23DD9 #B2D93D #3DD964

monochromatic

#681982 #9124B5 #B23DD9 #C670E3 #DBA3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B23DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B23DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23DD9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23DD9	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C78D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.235 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de5',
    500: '#b23dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23dd9;
$custom-light: #cd7de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59294,
    "c": 0.23535,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DD9

secondary

#A8DA98

accent

#EA3E69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DD9

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

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