#B23ED8#B23ED8

#B23ED8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.233 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED8
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 216)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 67.92, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 88.80, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.169 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.233 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4755, 17.8694, 66.6909)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED8 #64D83E

analogous

#653ED8 #B23ED8 #D83EB1

triadic

#B23ED8 #D8B23E #3ED8B2

tetradic

#B23ED8 #D8653E #64D83E #3EB1D8

square

#B23ED8 #D8653E #64D83E #3EB1D8

split-complementary

#B23ED8 #B1D83E #3ED865

monochromatic

#681A81 #9124B4 #B23ED8 #C671E2 #DBA4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B23ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B23ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23ED8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23ED8	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B05E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.233 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ee5',
    500: '#b23ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed8;
$custom-light: #cd7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.195,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.23335,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED8

secondary

#A8D998

accent

#E93E69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED8

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

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