#B23EC4#B23EC4

#B23EC4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.216 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EC4
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 68.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 64.18, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 79.93, 323.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1702 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.216 322)
XYZ	xyz(30.0455, 16.8974, 53.8928)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EC4 #50C43E

analogous

#6F3EC4 #B23EC4 #C43E93

triadic

#B23EC4 #C4B23E #3EC4B2

tetradic

#B23EC4 #C46F3E #50C43E #3E93C4

square

#B23EC4 #C46F3E #50C43E #3E93C4

split-complementary

#B23EC4 #93C43E #3EC46F

monochromatic

#5E2068 #892E97 #B23EC4 #C56DD2 #D79CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B23EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B23EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EC4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EC4	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.216 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7dd6',
    500: '#b23ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ec4;
$custom-light: #cd7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.94,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58073,
    "c": 0.21599,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.16896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EC4

secondary

#99CD91

accent

#DD4B5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EC4

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

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