#B23EA0#B23EA0

#B23EA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.187 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA0
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 160)
HSL	hsl(309, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 58.05, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 65.10, 333.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1685 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.187 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4281, 15.4504, 34.8412)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA0 #3EB250

analogous

#8A3EB2 #B23EA0 #B23E66

triadic

#B23EA0 #A0B23E #3EA0B2

tetradic

#B23EA0 #B28A3E #3EB250 #3E66B2

square

#B23EA0 #B28A3E #3EB250 #3E66B2

split-complementary

#B23EA0 #66B23E #3EB28A

monochromatic

#571E4E #852E77 #B23EA0 #C964B9 #D992CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B23EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B23EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA0

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA0	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D63A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.187 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbc',
    500: '#b23ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea0;
$custom-light: #cc7cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.31,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.561,
    "c": 0.18667,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA0

secondary

#88C491

accent

#D86550

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA0

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

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