#B23EA6#B23EA6

#B23EA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.191 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA6
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 166)
HSL	hsl(306, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 59.01, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 67.41, 331.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1691 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.191 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9657, 15.6655, 37.6725)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA6 #3EB24A

analogous

#843EB2 #B23EA6 #B23E6C

triadic

#B23EA6 #A6B23E #3EA6B2

tetradic

#B23EA6 #B2843E #3EB24A #3E6CB2

square

#B23EA6 #B2843E #3EB24A #3E6CB2

split-complementary

#B23EA6 #6CB23E #3EB284

monochromatic

#571E51 #852E7C #B23EA6 #C964BF #D992D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B23EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B23EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA6	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3964A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6074A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9496C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.191 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc1',
    500: '#b23ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea6;
$custom-light: #cc7cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56403,
    "c": 0.19129,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA6

secondary

#88C48E

accent

#D85E50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA6

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

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