#A23AC9#A23AC9

#A23AC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.219 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23AC9
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 63.27, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 83.72, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1549 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.219 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9542, 14.9255, 56.7081)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23AC9 #61C93A

analogous

#5A3AC9 #A23AC9 #C93AA9

triadic

#A23AC9 #C9A23A #3AC9A2

tetradic

#A23AC9 #C95A3A #61C93A #3AA9C9

square

#A23AC9 #C95A3A #61C93A #3AA9C9

split-complementary

#A23AC9 #A9C93A #3AC95A

monochromatic

#561D6B #7D2B9B #A23AC9 #B96AD6 #CF9AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A23AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A23AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23AC9

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23AC9	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.219 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c279da',
    500: '#a23ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ac9;
$custom-light: #c279da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55837,
    "c": 0.21873,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23AC9

secondary

#A1CF90

accent

#E04871

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23AC9

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

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