#B23ED2#B23ED2

#B23ED2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.228 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED2
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 210)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 66.78, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 86.11, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1695 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.228 318)
XYZ	xyz(31.7139, 17.5648, 62.6801)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED2 #5ED23E

analogous

#683ED2 #B23ED2 #D23EA8

triadic

#B23ED2 #D2B23E #3ED2B2

tetradic

#B23ED2 #D2683E #5ED23E #3EA8D2

square

#B23ED2 #D2683E #5ED23E #3EA8D2

split-complementary

#B23ED2 #A8D23E #3ED268

monochromatic

#651C79 #8F28AB #B23ED2 #C670DE #DAA1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B23ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B23ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ED2

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ED2	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4478CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.228 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de0',
    500: '#b23ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed2;
$custom-light: #cd7de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58937,
    "c": 0.22809,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.17563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED2

secondary

#A4D696

accent

#E54366

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED2

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

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