#B23EA3#B23EA3

#B23EA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.189 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA3
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 163)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 58.52, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 66.25, 332.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1688 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.189 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6937, 15.5567, 36.2401)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA3 #3EB24D

analogous

#873EB2 #B23EA3 #B23E69

triadic

#B23EA3 #A3B23E #3EA3B2

tetradic

#B23EA3 #B2873E #3EB24D #3E69B2

square

#B23EA3 #B2873E #3EB24D #3E69B2

split-complementary

#B23EA3 #69B23E #3EB287

monochromatic

#571E50 #852E79 #B23EA3 #C964BC #D992D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B23EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B23EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA3	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B63A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6274A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA486B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.189 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbe',
    500: '#b23ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea3;
$custom-light: #cc7cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.759,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5625,
    "c": 0.18896,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA3

secondary

#88C490

accent

#D86150

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA3

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

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