#B23ED3#B23ED3

#B23ED3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.229 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED3
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 211)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 66.97, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 86.56, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1694 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.229 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8389, 17.6148, 63.3383)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED3 #5FD33E

analogous

#673ED3 #B23ED3 #D33EAA

triadic

#B23ED3 #D3B23E #3ED3B2

tetradic

#B23ED3 #D3673E #5FD33E #3EAAD3

square

#B23ED3 #D3673E #5FD33E #3EAAD3

split-complementary

#B23ED3 #AAD33E #3ED367

monochromatic

#661C7B #8F27AC #B23ED3 #C670DE #DAA2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B23ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B23ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ED3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ED3	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4378D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.229 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de1',
    500: '#b23ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed3;
$custom-light: #cd7de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.711,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59,
    "c": 0.22897,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED3

secondary

#A5D696

accent

#E64266

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED3

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

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