#A23BD5#A23BD5

#A23BD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.229 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BD5
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 65.31, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 88.84, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1525 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.229 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4723, 15.6142, 64.4519)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BD5 #6ED53B

analogous

#553BD5 #A23BD5 #D53BBB

triadic

#A23BD5 #D5A23B #3BD5A2

tetradic

#A23BD5 #D5553B #6ED53B #3BBBD5

square

#A23BD5 #D5553B #6ED53B #3BBBD5

split-complementary

#A23BD5 #BBD53B #3BD555

monochromatic

#5B1A7B #8025AE #A23BD5 #BA6DE0 #D2A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A23BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A23BD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BD5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BD5	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.229 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ae3',
    500: '#a23bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bd5;
$custom-light: #c27ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.13,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56752,
    "c": 0.22859,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BD5

secondary

#ABD795

accent

#E84078

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BD5

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

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