#A23BB9#A23BB9

#A23BB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.203 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BB9
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 59.75, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 75.94, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.155 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.203 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2201, 14.3133, 47.3238)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BB9 #52B93B

analogous

#633BB9 #A23BB9 #B93B91

triadic

#A23BB9 #B9A23B #3BB9A2

tetradic

#A23BB9 #B9633B #52B93B #3B91B9

square

#A23BB9 #B9633B #52B93B #3B91B9

split-complementary

#A23BB9 #91B93B #3BB963

monochromatic

#511D5C #792C8B #A23BB9 #BA64CD #CF92DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A23BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A23BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BB9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BB9	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0563BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.203 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179cf',
    500: '#a23bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bb9;
$custom-light: #c179cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.048,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54909,
    "c": 0.20305,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BB9

secondary

#94C788

accent

#DB4D67

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BB9

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

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