#B23EC7#B23EC7

#B23EC7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.219 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EC7
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 199)
HSL	hsl(291, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 64.73, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 81.24, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1701 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.219 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3904, 17.0353, 55.7091)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EC7 #53C73E

analogous

#6D3EC7 #B23EC7 #C73E97

triadic

#B23EC7 #C7B23E #3EC7B2

tetradic

#B23EC7 #C76D3E #53C73E #3E97C7

square

#B23EC7 #C76D3E #53C73E #3E97C7

split-complementary

#B23EC7 #97C73E #3EC76D

monochromatic

#601F6B #8A2D9B #B23EC7 #C56DD5 #D89DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B23EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B23EC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EC7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EC7	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3577E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.219 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7dd9',
    500: '#b23ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ec7;
$custom-light: #cd7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.803,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58254,
    "c": 0.21856,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EC7

secondary

#9BCF92

accent

#DE4960

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EC7

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

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