#B23EA4#B23EA4

#B23EA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.190 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA4
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 164)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 58.69, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 66.63, 331.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1689 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.19 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7836, 15.5926, 36.7138)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA4 #3EB24C

analogous

#863EB2 #B23EA4 #B23E6A

triadic

#B23EA4 #A4B23E #3EA4B2

tetradic

#B23EA4 #B2863E #3EB24C #3E6AB2

square

#B23EA4 #B2863E #3EB24C #3E6AB2

split-complementary

#B23EA4 #6AB23E #3EB286

monochromatic

#571E50 #852E7A #B23EA4 #C964BD #D992D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B23EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B23EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A63A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA486B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.190 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbf',
    500: '#b23ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea4;
$custom-light: #cc7cbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.241,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56301,
    "c": 0.18973,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA4

secondary

#88C48F

accent

#D86050

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA4

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

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