#B23EA5#B23EA5

#B23EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.191 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA5
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 58.85, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 67.02, 331.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.169 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.191 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8743, 15.6289, 37.1913)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA5 #3EB24B

analogous

#853EB2 #B23EA5 #B23E6B

triadic

#B23EA5 #A5B23E #3EA5B2

tetradic

#B23EA5 #B2853E #3EB24B #3E6BB2

square

#B23EA5 #B2853E #3EB24B #3E6BB2

split-complementary

#B23EA5 #6BB23E #3EB285

monochromatic

#571E51 #852E7B #B23EA5 #C964BE #D992D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B23EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B23EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA5	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3964A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.191 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc0',
    500: '#b23ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea5;
$custom-light: #cc7cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.724,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56351,
    "c": 0.1905,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA5

secondary

#88C48F

accent

#D85F50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA5

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

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