#A23BBC#A23BBC

#A23BBC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BBC
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 60.33, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 77.31, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1549 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.206 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5401, 14.4413, 49.0093)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BBC #55BC3B

analogous

#613BBC #A23BBC #BC3B95

triadic

#A23BBC #BCA23B #3BBCA2

tetradic

#A23BBC #BC613B #55BC3B #3B95BC

square

#A23BBC #BC613B #55BC3B #3B95BC

split-complementary

#A23BBC #95BC3B #3BBC61

monochromatic

#521E5F #7A2C8D #A23BBC #BA65CF #CF94DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A23BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A23BBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BBC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BBC	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179d1',
    500: '#a23bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bbc;
$custom-light: #c179d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.907,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55097,
    "c": 0.20575,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BBC

secondary

#97C98A

accent

#DC4C69

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BBC

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

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