#A23491#A23491

#A23491 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.179 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23491
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 145)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(309, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 10.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 55.54, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 62.23, 333.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1614 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.179 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2393, 12.1835, 28.0156)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23491 #34A245

analogous

#7C34A2 #A23491 #A2345A

triadic

#A23491 #91A234 #3491A2

tetradic

#A23491 #A27C34 #34A245 #345AA2

square

#A23491 #A27C34 #34A245 #345AA2

split-complementary

#A23491 #5AA234 #34A27C

monochromatic

#45163E #742568 #A23491 #C64DB3 #D57CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A23491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A23491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23491

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23491	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58688E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.179 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c174b1',
    500: '#a23491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23491;
$custom-light: #c174b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.273,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51918,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23491

secondary

#74BE80

accent

#DB634D

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF5

border

#D1C8CF

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23491

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

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