#A23599#A23599

#A23599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.184 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23599
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(305, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 56.44, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 64.91, 330.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1611 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.184 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9231, 12.5292, 31.3945)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A23599 #35A23E

analogous

#7535A2 #A23599 #A23563

triadic

#A23599 #99A235 #3599A2

tetradic

#A23599 #A27535 #35A23E #3563A2

square

#A23599 #A27535 #35A23E #3563A2

split-complementary

#A23599 #63A235 #35A275

monochromatic

#461742 #74266D #A23599 #C54FBC #D47DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A23599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A23599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23599

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23599	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E599C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.184 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c175b7',
    500: '#a23599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23599;
$custom-light: #c175b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.954,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52438,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23599

secondary

#75BD7B

accent

#DA594E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23599

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

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