#A23496#A23496

#A23496 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.182 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23496
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 150)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(307, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 7.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 56.34, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 64.16, 331.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1619 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.182 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6334, 12.3411, 30.0909)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23496 #34A240

analogous

#7734A2 #A23496 #A2345F

triadic

#A23496 #96A234 #3496A2

tetradic

#A23496 #A27734 #34A240 #345FA2

square

#A23496 #A27734 #34A240 #345FA2

split-complementary

#A23496 #5FA234 #34A277

monochromatic

#451640 #74256B #A23496 #C64DB9 #D57CCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A23496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A23496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23496

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23496	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A93E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.182 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c175b5',
    500: '#a23496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23496;
$custom-light: #c175b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.545,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52177,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23496

secondary

#74BE7C

accent

#DB5C4D

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23496

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

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