#B23FE8#B23FE8

#B23FE8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.246 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23FE8
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 70.68, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 95.62, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1661 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.246 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7004, 18.8472, 78.1382)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23FE8 #75E83F

analogous

#5D3FE8 #B23FE8 #E83FCA

triadic

#B23FE8 #E8B23F #3FE8B2

tetradic

#B23FE8 #E85D3F #75E83F #3FCAE8

square

#B23FE8 #E85D3F #75E83F #3FCAE8

split-complementary

#B23FE8 #CAE83F #3FE85D

monochromatic

#6F129A #9619D1 #B23FE8 #C876EF #DEACF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B23FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B23FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B23FE8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B23FE8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.246 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7ff0',
    500: '#b23fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23fe8;
$custom-light: #ce7ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.828,
    "s": 78.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60483,
    "c": 0.24644,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23FE8

secondary

#B5E3A0

accent

#F53371

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23FE8

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

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