#B23DEE#B23DEE

#B23DEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.254 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23DEE
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 72.61, -67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 99.16, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1669 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.254 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4585, 18.9764, 82.6673)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23DEE #79EE3D

analogous

#593DEE #B23DEE #EE3DD1

triadic

#B23DEE #EEB23D #3DEEB2

tetradic

#B23DEE #EE593D #79EE3D #3DD1EE

square

#B23DEE #EE593D #79EE3D #3DD1EE

split-complementary

#B23DEE #D1EE3D #3DEE59

monochromatic

#700EA2 #9713DB #B23DEE #C875F3 #DFAEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B23DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B23DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B23DEE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B23DEE	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#177BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.254 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ef4',
    500: '#b23dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23dee;
$custom-light: #ce7ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60719,
    "c": 0.25385,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23DEE

secondary

#B8E6A0

accent

#FA2E73

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFE

border

#D3CAD6

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23DEE

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

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