#B23EE3#B23EE3

#B23EE3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.243 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23EE3
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 227)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 70.06, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 93.76, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1677 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.243 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9454, 18.4574, 74.4326)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23EE3 #6FE33E

analogous

#603EE3 #B23EE3 #E33EC2

triadic

#B23EE3 #E3B23E #3EE3B2

tetradic

#B23EE3 #E3603E #6FE33E #3EC2E3

square

#B23EE3 #E3603E #6FE33E #3EC2E3

split-complementary

#B23EE3 #C2E33E #3EE360

monochromatic

#6D1591 #941DC7 #B23EE3 #C773EB #DDA9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B23EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B23EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B23EE3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B23EE3	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.243 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7eed',
    500: '#b23ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23ee3;
$custom-light: #ce7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.182,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60051,
    "c": 0.24306,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23EE3

secondary

#B1E09D

accent

#F1376E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23EE3

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

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