#B23FA1#B23FA1

#B23FA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.186 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23FA1
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 161)
HSL	hsl(309, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 57.80, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 65.02, 332.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1674 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.186 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5708, 15.5953, 35.3221)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23FA1 #3FB250

analogous

#8A3FB2 #B23FA1 #B23F67

triadic

#B23FA1 #A1B23F #3FA1B2

tetradic

#B23FA1 #B28A3F #3FB250 #3F67B2

square

#B23FA1 #B28A3F #3FB250 #3F67B2

split-complementary

#B23FA1 #67B23F #3FB28A

monochromatic

#581F4F #852F78 #B23FA1 #C966BA #D993CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B23FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B23FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23FA1

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23FA1	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D63A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA486A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.186 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cbd',
    500: '#b23fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23fa1;
$custom-light: #cc7cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.87,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56257,
    "c": 0.18607,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23FA1

secondary

#89C492

accent

#D76450

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF6

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23FA1

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

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