#B23EC5#B23EC5

#B23EC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.217 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EC5
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 197)
HSL	hsl(292, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 64.36, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 80.36, 323.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1702 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.217 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1597, 16.9431, 54.4942)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EC5 #51C53E

analogous

#6F3EC5 #B23EC5 #C53E94

triadic

#B23EC5 #C5B23E #3EC5B2

tetradic

#B23EC5 #C56F3E #51C53E #3E94C5

square

#B23EC5 #C56F3E #51C53E #3E94C5

split-complementary

#B23EC5 #94C53E #3EC56F

monochromatic

#5F2069 #892E98 #B23EC5 #C56DD3 #D89CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B23EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B23EC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EC5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EC5	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.217 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7dd7',
    500: '#b23ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ec5;
$custom-light: #cd7dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58133,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EC5

secondary

#9ACD91

accent

#DD4B5F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EC5

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

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