#B23EB5#B23EB5

#B23EB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.203 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EB5
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 181)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 61.52, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 73.50, 326.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1702 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.203 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4227, 16.2483, 45.3463)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EB5 #41B53E

analogous

#763EB5 #B23EB5 #B53E7D

triadic

#B23EB5 #B5B23E #3EB5B2

tetradic

#B23EB5 #B5763E #41B53E #3E7DB5

square

#B23EB5 #B5763E #41B53E #3E7DB5

split-complementary

#B23EB5 #7DB53E #3EB576

monochromatic

#581F5A #852E87 #B23EB5 #C866CA #D893DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B23EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B23EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EB5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EB5	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5975B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.203 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7ccb',
    500: '#b23eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23eb5;
$custom-light: #cc7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.487,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57206,
    "c": 0.20336,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EB5

secondary

#8BC589

accent

#D94F53

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#140A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EB5

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

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