#B23EB9#B23EB9

#B23EB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.207 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EB9
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 62.22, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 75.19, 325.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1703 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.207 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8390, 16.4148, 47.5389)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EB9 #45B93E

analogous

#743EB9 #B23EB9 #B93E82

triadic

#B23EB9 #B9B23E #3EB9B2

tetradic

#B23EB9 #B9743E #45B93E #3E82B9

square

#B23EB9 #B9743E #45B93E #3E82B9

split-complementary

#B23EB9 #82B93E #3EB974

monochromatic

#5A1F5D #862F8B #B23EB9 #C768CC #D896DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B23EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B23EB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EB9

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EB9	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2667BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5776B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.207 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cce',
    500: '#b23eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23eb9;
$custom-light: #cc7cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.585,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57431,
    "c": 0.20667,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EB9

secondary

#8FC78C

accent

#D94E56

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EB9

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

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