#A23BCE#A23BCE

#A23BCE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.222 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BCE
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 206)
HSL	hsl(282, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 63.88, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 85.59, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1534 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.222 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6029, 15.2664, 59.8732)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BCE #67CE3B

analogous

#593BCE #A23BCE #CE3BB0

triadic

#A23BCE #CEA23B #3BCEA2

tetradic

#A23BCE #CE593B #67CE3B #3BB0CE

square

#A23BCE #CE593B #67CE3B #3BB0CE

split-complementary

#A23BCE #B0CE3B #3BCE59

monochromatic

#581D72 #7E29A3 #A23BCE #B96CDA #D09DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A23BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A23BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BCE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BCE	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.222 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ade',
    500: '#a23bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bce;
$custom-light: #c27ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.041,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56272,
    "c": 0.22215,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BCE

secondary

#A5D392

accent

#E34574

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →