#B23EC9#B23EC9

#B23EC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.220 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EC9
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 65.10, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 82.12, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1701 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.22 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6241, 17.1288, 56.9401)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EC9 #55C93E

analogous

#6D3EC9 #B23EC9 #C93E9B

triadic

#B23EC9 #C9B23E #3EC9B2

tetradic

#B23EC9 #C96D3E #55C93E #3E9BC9

square

#B23EC9 #C96D3E #55C93E #3E9BC9

split-complementary

#B23EC9 #9BC93E #3EC96D

monochromatic

#611F6E #8B2C9E #B23EC9 #C56ED6 #D89EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B23EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B23EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23EC9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23EC9	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.220 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7dda',
    500: '#b23ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ec9;
$custom-light: #cd7dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.072,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58376,
    "c": 0.22028,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EC9

secondary

#9DD093

accent

#E04861

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EC9

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

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