#A23AA5#A23AA5

#A23AA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.187 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23AA5
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 165)
HSL	hsl(298, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(298, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, 56.47, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 67.57, 326.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.156 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.187 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2045, 13.4256, 36.9592)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23AA5 #3DA53A

analogous

#6C3AA5 #A23AA5 #A53A72

triadic

#A23AA5 #A5A23A #3AA5A2

tetradic

#A23AA5 #A56C3A #3DA53A #3A72A5

square

#A23AA5 #A56C3A #3DA53A #3A72A5

split-complementary

#A23AA5 #72A53A #3AA56C

monochromatic

#491A4A #762A78 #A23AA5 #C158C4 #D285D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#A23AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#A23AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23AA5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23AA5	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6496A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.187 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178c0',
    500: '#a23aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23aa5;
$custom-light: #c178c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.318,
    "s": 47.982,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5362,
    "c": 0.18681,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23AA5

secondary

#7EBE7D

accent

#D85054

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23AA5

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

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