#B23FA8#B23FA8

#B23FA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.192 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23FA8
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 168)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 58.93, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 67.73, 330.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1682 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.192 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2054, 15.8492, 38.6645)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23FA8 #3FB249

analogous

#823FB2 #B23FA8 #B23F6F

triadic

#B23FA8 #A8B23F #3FA8B2

tetradic

#B23FA8 #B2823F #3FB249 #3F6FB2

square

#B23FA8 #B2823F #3FB249 #3F6FB2

split-complementary

#B23FA8 #6FB23F #3FB282

monochromatic

#581F53 #852F7D #B23FA8 #C966C0 #D993D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B23FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B23FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23FA8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23FA8	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3865AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.192 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7cc2',
    500: '#b23fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23fa8;
$custom-light: #cc7cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56611,
    "c": 0.19151,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23FA8

secondary

#89C48E

accent

#D75C50

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EEF7

border

#D2C9D0

text

#140A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23FA8

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

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