#B823E2#B823E2

#B823E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.267 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B823E2
RGB	rgb(184, 35, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(287, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 84.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 78.91, -64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 102.12, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1951 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.267 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0936, 16.8849, 73.4000)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B823E2 #4DE223

analogous

#5823E2 #B823E2 #E223AD

triadic

#B823E2 #E2B823 #23E2B8

tetradic

#B823E2 #E25823 #4DE223 #23ADE2

square

#B823E2 #E25823 #4DE223 #23ADE2

split-complementary

#B823E2 #ADE223 #23E258

monochromatic

#63107A #8F17B1 #B823E2 #C959E9 #DB8FF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B823E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B823E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B823E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B823E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B823E2	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2376DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b823e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 35, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.267 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d374ec',
    500: '#b823e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b823e2;
$custom-light: #d374ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b823e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.806,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5885,
    "c": 0.26748,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B823E2

secondary

#99DB86

accent

#F3355E

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FBEEFD

border

#D4C9D5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B823E2

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

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