#A23BB8#A23BB8

#A23BB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.202 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BB8
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 184)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 67.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 59.56, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 75.49, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.155 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.202 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1149, 14.2712, 46.7698)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BB8 #51B83B

analogous

#643BB8 #A23BB8 #B83B8F

triadic

#A23BB8 #B8A23B #3BB8A2

tetradic

#A23BB8 #B8643B #51B83B #3B8FB8

square

#A23BB8 #B8643B #51B83B #3B8FB8

split-complementary

#A23BB8 #8FB83B #3BB864

monochromatic

#501D5B #792C8A #A23BB8 #BA63CD #CF92DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A23BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A23BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BB8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BB8	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0962BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.202 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179ce',
    500: '#a23bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bb8;
$custom-light: #c179ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.44,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54848,
    "c": 0.20215,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BB8

secondary

#93C788

accent

#DB4D66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BB8

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

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