#B23EB2#B23EB2

#B23EB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.201 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EB2
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 61.00, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 72.25, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.17 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.201 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1182, 16.1265, 43.7426)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EB2 #3EB23E

analogous

#783EB2 #B23EB2 #B23E78

triadic

#B23EB2 #B2B23E #3EB2B2

tetradic

#B23EB2 #B2783E #3EB23E #3E78B2

square

#B23EB2 #B2783E #3EB23E #3E78B2

split-complementary

#B23EB2 #78B23E #3EB278

monochromatic

#571E57 #852E85 #B23EB2 #C964C9 #D992D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B23EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B23EB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EB2

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EB2	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B75AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.201 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc9',
    500: '#b23eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23eb2;
$custom-light: #cc7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5704,
    "c": 0.20089,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EB2

secondary

#88C488

accent

#D85050

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF8

border

#D2C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EB2

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

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