#A23AA9#A23AA9

#A23AA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.190 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23AA9
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 169)
HSL	hsl(296, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, 57.19, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 69.30, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1562 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.19 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5742, 13.5735, 38.9067)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23AA9 #41A93A

analogous

#6B3AA9 #A23AA9 #A93A79

triadic

#A23AA9 #A9A23A #3AA9A2

tetradic

#A23AA9 #A96B3A #41A93A #3A79A9

square

#A23AA9 #A96B3A #41A93A #3A79A9

split-complementary

#A23AA9 #79A93A #3AA96B

monochromatic

#4B1B4E #762A7B #A23AA9 #BF5AC6 #D187D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#A23AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#A23AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23AA9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23AA9	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.190 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178c3',
    500: '#a23aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23aa9;
$custom-light: #c178c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.216,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53848,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23AA9

secondary

#83C07F

accent

#D84F58

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130912

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23AA9

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

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