#A23499#A23499

#A23499 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.185 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23499
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(305, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 56.83, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 65.36, 330.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.1622 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.185 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8780, 12.4389, 31.3795)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23499 #34A23D

analogous

#7434A2 #A23499 #A23462

triadic

#A23499 #99A234 #3499A2

tetradic

#A23499 #A27434 #34A23D #3462A2

square

#A23499 #A27434 #34A23D #3462A2

split-complementary

#A23499 #62A234 #34A274

monochromatic

#451641 #74256D #A23499 #C64DBC #D57CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A23499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A23499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23499

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23499	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D599C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.185 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c175b7',
    500: '#a23499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23499;
$custom-light: #c175b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.909,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52337,
    "c": 0.18484,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23499

secondary

#74BE7A

accent

#DB594D

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23499

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

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