#B23EC2#B23EC2

#B23EC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.214 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EC2
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 68%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 63.82, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 79.06, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1703 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.214 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8194, 16.8069, 52.7019)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EC2 #4EC23E

analogous

#703EC2 #B23EC2 #C23E90

triadic

#B23EC2 #C2B23E #3EC2B2

tetradic

#B23EC2 #C2703E #4EC23E #3E90C2

square

#B23EC2 #C2703E #4EC23E #3E90C2

split-complementary

#B23EC2 #90C23E #3EC270

monochromatic

#5D2066 #882F94 #B23EC2 #C56DD1 #D79BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B23EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B23EC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EC2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EC2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1669C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5176BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.214 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7dd5',
    500: '#b23ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ec2;
$custom-light: #cd7dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.727,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57954,
    "c": 0.21428,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EC2

secondary

#98CB90

accent

#DB4C5E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EC2

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

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