#A23397#A23397

#A23397 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.185 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23397
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(306, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 6.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 56.89, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 65.00, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1631 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.185 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6701, 12.2851, 30.5021)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23397 #33A23E

analogous

#7633A2 #A23397 #A23360

triadic

#A23397 #97A233 #3397A2

tetradic

#A23397 #A27633 #33A23E #3360A2

square

#A23397 #A27633 #33A23E #3360A2

split-complementary

#A23397 #60A233 #33A276

monochromatic

#451640 #73246C #A23397 #C74CBA #D57ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A23397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A23397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23397

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23397	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D589A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.185 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174b6',
    500: '#a23397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23397;
$custom-light: #c174b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.946,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5213,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23397

secondary

#73BE7A

accent

#DC5A4C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23397

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

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