#A23AD9#A23AD9

#A23AD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.233 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23AD9
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 66.52, -62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 91.14, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1528 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.233 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9353, 15.7179, 67.1418)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23AD9 #71D93A

analogous

#533AD9 #A23AD9 #D93AC1

triadic

#A23AD9 #D9A23A #3AD9A2

tetradic

#A23AD9 #D9533A #71D93A #3AC1D9

square

#A23AD9 #D9533A #71D93A #3AC1D9

split-complementary

#A23AD9 #C1D93A #3AD953

monochromatic

#5C1980 #8123B3 #A23AD9 #BA6DE3 #D2A1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A23AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A23AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23AD9

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23AD9	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B70D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.233 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ae6',
    500: '#a23ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ad9;
$custom-light: #c27ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.245,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56937,
    "c": 0.23336,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23AD9

secondary

#ADD995

accent

#EB3D79

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23AD9

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

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