#A23591#A23591

#A23591 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.177 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23591
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 145)
HSL	hsl(309, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(309, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 10.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 55.15, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 61.77, 333.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1603 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.177 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2844, 12.2737, 28.0306)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23591 #35A246

analogous

#7D35A2 #A23591 #A2355A

triadic

#A23591 #91A235 #3591A2

tetradic

#A23591 #A27D35 #35A246 #355AA2

square

#A23591 #A27D35 #35A246 #355AA2

split-complementary

#A23591 #5AA235 #35A27D

monochromatic

#46173E #742668 #A23591 #C54FB3 #D47DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A23591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A23591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23591

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23591	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA3D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.177 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c175b1',
    500: '#a23591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23591;
$custom-light: #c175b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.358,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52021,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23591

secondary

#75BD81

accent

#DA644E

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF5

border

#D1C8CF

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23591

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

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