#B23EA2#B23EA2

#B23EA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.188 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA2
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 162)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 58.37, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 65.86, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1687 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.188 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6044, 15.5210, 35.7700)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA2 #3EB24E

analogous

#883EB2 #B23EA2 #B23E68

triadic

#B23EA2 #A2B23E #3EA2B2

tetradic

#B23EA2 #B2883E #3EB24E #3E68B2

square

#B23EA2 #B2883E #3EB24E #3E68B2

split-complementary

#B23EA2 #68B23E #3EB288

monochromatic

#571E4F #852E79 #B23EA2 #C964BB #D992CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B23EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B23EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA2	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C63A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62749F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA476A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.188 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbe',
    500: '#b23ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea2;
$custom-light: #cc7cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.562,
    "c": 0.18818,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA2

secondary

#88C490

accent

#D86350

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA2

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

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