#B23EA1#B23EA1

#B23EA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.187 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA1
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 161)
HSL	hsl(309, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 58.21, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 65.48, 332.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1686 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.187 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5159, 15.4856, 35.3038)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA1 #3EB24F

analogous

#893EB2 #B23EA1 #B23E67

triadic

#B23EA1 #A1B23E #3EA1B2

tetradic

#B23EA1 #B2893E #3EB24F #3E67B2

square

#B23EA1 #B2893E #3EB24F #3E67B2

split-complementary

#B23EA1 #67B23E #3EB289

monochromatic

#571E4F #852E78 #B23EA1 #C964BA #D992CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#B23EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B23EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA1

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA1	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C63A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.187 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbd',
    500: '#b23ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea1;
$custom-light: #cc7cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.793,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5615,
    "c": 0.18742,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA1

secondary

#88C491

accent

#D86450

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA1

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

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