#A23799#A23799

#A23799 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.181 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23799
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 55.64, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 63.99, 330.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1587 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.181 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0162, 12.7153, 31.4255)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23799 #37A240

analogous

#7637A2 #A23799 #A23763

triadic

#A23799 #99A237 #3799A2

tetradic

#A23799 #A27637 #37A240 #3763A2

square

#A23799 #A27637 #37A240 #3763A2

split-complementary

#A23799 #63A237 #37A276

monochromatic

#471843 #74276E #A23799 #C452BB #D480CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A23799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A23799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23799

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23799	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#305A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A84263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.181 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c176b7',
    500: '#a23799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23799;
$custom-light: #c176b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.047,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52645,
    "c": 0.18091,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23799

secondary

#78BD7E

accent

#D95B4F

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130911

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23799

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

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