#A23797#A23797

#A23797 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.179 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23797
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 6.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, 55.31, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 63.19, 331.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1586 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.179 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8524, 12.6498, 30.5629)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23797 #37A242

analogous

#7737A2 #A23797 #A23762

triadic

#A23797 #97A237 #3797A2

tetradic

#A23797 #A27737 #37A242 #3762A2

square

#A23797 #A27737 #37A242 #3762A2

split-complementary

#A23797 #62A237 #37A277

monochromatic

#471842 #74276C #A23797 #C452B8 #D480CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#A23797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A23797 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23797

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23797	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A94162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.179 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176b6',
    500: '#a23797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23797;
$custom-light: #c176b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.168,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5254,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23797

secondary

#78BD7F

accent

#D95D4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23797

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

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