#B23FC9#B23FC9

#B23FC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.219 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23FC9
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 64.71, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 81.68, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.169 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.219 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6790, 17.2386, 56.9584)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23FC9 #56C93F

analogous

#6D3FC9 #B23FC9 #C93F9B

triadic

#B23FC9 #C9B23F #3FC9B2

tetradic

#B23FC9 #C96D3F #56C93F #3F9BC9

square

#B23FC9 #C96D3F #56C93F #3F9BC9

split-complementary

#B23FC9 #9BC93F #3FC96D

monochromatic

#611F6F #8B2D9E #B23FC9 #C56FD6 #D89FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B23FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B23FC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23FC9

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23FC9	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#026BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.219 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7eda',
    500: '#b23fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23fc9;
$custom-light: #cd7eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58474,
    "c": 0.21908,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23FC9

secondary

#9ED094

accent

#DF4862

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23FC9

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

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