#B23ED1#B23ED1

#B23ED1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.227 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED1
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 209)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 66.59, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 85.67, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1696 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.227 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5898, 17.5151, 62.0260)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED1 #5DD13E

analogous

#683ED1 #B23ED1 #D13EA6

triadic

#B23ED1 #D1B23E #3ED1B2

tetradic

#B23ED1 #D1683E #5DD13E #3EA6D1

square

#B23ED1 #D1683E #5DD13E #3EA6D1

split-complementary

#B23ED1 #A6D13E #3ED168

monochromatic

#651D78 #8E28A9 #B23ED1 #C66FDD #D9A1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B23ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B23ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ED1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ED1	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4578CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.227 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de0',
    500: '#b23ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed1;
$custom-light: #cd7de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.347,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58873,
    "c": 0.22722,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED1

secondary

#A3D596

accent

#E54365

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED1

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

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