#A23BB5#A23BB5

#A23BB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.199 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BB5
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 58.99, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 74.14, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1551 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.199 321)
XYZ	xyz(24.8038, 14.1468, 45.1312)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BB5 #4EB53B

analogous

#653BB5 #A23BB5 #B53B8B

triadic

#A23BB5 #B5A23B #3BB5A2

tetradic

#A23BB5 #B5653B #4EB53B #3B8BB5

square

#A23BB5 #B5653B #4EB53B #3B8BB5

split-complementary

#A23BB5 #8BB53B #3BB565

monochromatic

#4F1D59 #792C87 #A23BB5 #BB62CC #CF90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#A23BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A23BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BB5

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BB5	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1362B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.199 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179cc',
    500: '#a23bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bb5;
$custom-light: #c179cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.656,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54664,
    "c": 0.19946,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.14146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BB5

secondary

#90C686

accent

#DA4D63

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BB5

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

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