#B23ED9#B23ED9

#B23ED9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.234 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23ED9
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 68.12, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 89.25, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1689 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.234 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6052, 17.9213, 67.3738)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23ED9 #65D93E

analogous

#643ED9 #B23ED9 #D93EB3

triadic

#B23ED9 #D9B23E #3ED9B2

tetradic

#B23ED9 #D9643E #65D93E #3EB3D9

square

#B23ED9 #D9643E #65D93E #3EB3D9

split-complementary

#B23ED9 #B3D93E #3ED964

monochromatic

#681A83 #9124B6 #B23ED9 #C671E3 #DBA4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B23ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B23ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B23ED9

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B23ED9	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.234 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7ee5',
    500: '#b23ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ed9;
$custom-light: #cd7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.903,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59387,
    "c": 0.23423,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23ED9

secondary

#A9DA99

accent

#EA3E69

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23ED9

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

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