#A23BC2#A23BC2

#A23BC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.211 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BC2
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 194)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 61.49, -51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 80.05, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1545 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.211 317)
XYZ	xyz(26.2004, 14.7054, 52.4868)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BC2 #5BC23B

analogous

#5F3BC2 #A23BC2 #C23B9F

triadic

#A23BC2 #C2A23B #3BC2A2

tetradic

#A23BC2 #C25F3B #5BC23B #3B9FC2

square

#A23BC2 #C25F3B #5BC23B #3B9FC2

split-complementary

#A23BC2 #9FC23B #3BC25F

monochromatic

#541E64 #7B2D93 #A23BC2 #B969D1 #CF98E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A23BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A23BC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BC2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BC2	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.211 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ad5',
    500: '#a23bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bc2;
$custom-light: #c17ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55479,
    "c": 0.21117,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.14704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BC2

secondary

#9CCB8E

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BC2

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

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