#B23EAE#B23EAE

#B23EAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.198 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EAE
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 60.33, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 70.61, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1698 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.198 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7225, 15.9682, 41.6582)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EAE #3EB242

analogous

#7C3EB2 #B23EAE #B23E74

triadic

#B23EAE #AEB23E #3EAEB2

tetradic

#B23EAE #B27C3E #3EB242 #3E74B2

square

#B23EAE #B27C3E #3EB242 #3E74B2

split-complementary

#B23EAE #74B23E #3EB27C

monochromatic

#571E55 #852E82 #B23EAE #C964C6 #D992D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B23EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B23EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EAE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EAE	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D75AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.198 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc6',
    500: '#b23eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23eae;
$custom-light: #cc7cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.069,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.19763,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EAE

secondary

#88C48A

accent

#D85550

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EAE

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

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