#A23AB9#A23AB9

#A23AB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.204 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23AB9
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 60.15, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 76.41, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1561 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.204 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1692, 14.2115, 47.3069)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23AB9 #51B93A

analogous

#633AB9 #A23AB9 #B93A90

triadic

#A23AB9 #B9A23A #3AB9A2

tetradic

#A23AB9 #B9633A #51B93A #3A90B9

square

#A23AB9 #B9633A #51B93A #3A90B9

split-complementary

#A23AB9 #90B93A #3AB963

monochromatic

#501D5C #792B8A #A23AB9 #BA62CE #CF91DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A23AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A23AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23AB9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23AB9	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0162BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.204 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179cf',
    500: '#a23ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ab9;
$custom-light: #c179cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.134,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54806,
    "c": 0.2043,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23AB9

secondary

#93C787

accent

#DC4C66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23AB9

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

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