#B23FA5#B23FA5

#B23FA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.189 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23FA5
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 165)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 58.44, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 66.55, 331.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1679 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.189 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9292, 15.7387, 37.2096)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23FA5 #3FB24C

analogous

#863FB2 #B23FA5 #B23F6B

triadic

#B23FA5 #A5B23F #3FA5B2

tetradic

#B23FA5 #B2863F #3FB24C #3F6BB2

square

#B23FA5 #B2863F #3FB24C #3F6BB2

split-complementary

#B23FA5 #6BB23F #3FB286

monochromatic

#581F51 #852F7B #B23FA5 #C966BD #D993D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B23FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B23FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23FA5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23FA5	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B64A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9496C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.189 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc0',
    500: '#b23fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23fa5;
$custom-light: #cc7cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.783,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56457,
    "c": 0.18915,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23FA5

secondary

#89C48F

accent

#D76050

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23FA5

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

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