#A23BC8#A23BC8

#A23BC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.217 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BC8
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 62.68, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 82.81, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.154 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.217 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8879, 14.9804, 56.1075)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BC8 #61C83B

analogous

#5B3BC8 #A23BC8 #C83BA7

triadic

#A23BC8 #C8A23B #3BC8A2

tetradic

#A23BC8 #C85B3B #61C83B #3BA7C8

square

#A23BC8 #C85B3B #61C83B #3BA7C8

split-complementary

#A23BC8 #A7C83B #3BC85B

monochromatic

#561E6B #7D2B9A #A23BC8 #B96BD5 #CF9BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A23BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A23BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BC8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BC8	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.217 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ad9',
    500: '#a23bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bc8;
$custom-light: #c27ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.83,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55871,
    "c": 0.21665,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BC8

secondary

#A1CF90

accent

#DF4871

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BC8

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

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