#A23BCD#A23BCD

#A23BCD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.221 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BCD
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 71.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 63.68, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 85.13, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1535 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.221 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4818, 15.2180, 59.2355)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BCD #66CD3B

analogous

#593BCD #A23BCD #CD3BAF

triadic

#A23BCD #CDA23B #3BCDA2

tetradic

#A23BCD #CD593B #66CD3B #3BAFCD

square

#A23BCD #CD593B #66CD3B #3BAFCD

split-complementary

#A23BCD #AFCD3B #3BCD59

monochromatic

#581D71 #7E29A2 #A23BCD #B96CD9 #D09DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A23BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A23BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BCD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BCD	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.221 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27add',
    500: '#a23bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bcd;
$custom-light: #c27add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.329,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56205,
    "c": 0.22123,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BCD

secondary

#A5D292

accent

#E34574

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BCD

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

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