#B23ED5#B23ED5

#B23ED5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.231 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED5
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 67.35, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 87.45, 320.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1693 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.231 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0912, 17.7157, 64.6669)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED5 #61D53E

analogous

#673ED5 #B23ED5 #D53EAC

triadic

#B23ED5 #D5B23E #3ED5B2

tetradic

#B23ED5 #D5673E #61D53E #3EACD5

square

#B23ED5 #D5673E #61D53E #3EACD5

split-complementary

#B23ED5 #ACD53E #3ED567

monochromatic

#671B7D #9026B0 #B23ED5 #C670E0 #DAA3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#B23ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B23ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ED5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ED5	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4178D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.231 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7de3',
    500: '#b23ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed5;
$custom-light: #cd7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.093,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59128,
    "c": 0.23072,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED5

secondary

#A6D897

accent

#E74167

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED5

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

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