#B23EA9#B23EA9

#B23EA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.194 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EA9
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 169)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 59.50, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 68.59, 330.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1694 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.194 331)
XYZ	xyz(27.2441, 15.7768, 39.1387)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EA9 #3EB247

analogous

#813EB2 #B23EA9 #B23E6F

triadic

#B23EA9 #A9B23E #3EA9B2

tetradic

#B23EA9 #B2813E #3EB247 #3E6FB2

square

#B23EA9 #B2813E #3EB247 #3E6FB2

split-complementary

#B23EA9 #6FB23E #3EB281

monochromatic

#571E53 #852E7E #B23EA9 #C964C1 #D992D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B23EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B23EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EA9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EA9	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3664AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.194 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc3',
    500: '#b23ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ea9;
$custom-light: #cc7cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.655,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56558,
    "c": 0.19363,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.15775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EA9

secondary

#88C48C

accent

#D85A50

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EA9

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

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