#B23ECD#B23ECD

#B23ECD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.224 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ECD
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 205)
HSL	hsl(289, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 65.84, -51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 83.89, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.1698 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.224 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1007, 17.3195, 59.4506)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ECD #59CD3E

analogous

#6A3ECD #B23ECD #CD3EA1

triadic

#B23ECD #CDB23E #3ECDB2

tetradic

#B23ECD #CD6A3E #59CD3E #3EA1CD

square

#B23ECD #CD6A3E #59CD3E #3EA1CD

split-complementary

#B23ECD #A1CD3E #3ECD6A

monochromatic

#631E73 #8D2AA3 #B23ECD #C56FDA #D99FE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B23ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B23ECD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ECD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ECD	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.224 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ddd',
    500: '#b23ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ecd;
$custom-light: #cd7ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.671,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58622,
    "c": 0.22375,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ECD

secondary

#A0D394

accent

#E24663

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ECD

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

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