#A23BD6#A23BD6

#A23BD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.230 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BD6
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 214)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 65.52, -60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 89.31, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1523 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.23 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5996, 15.6651, 65.1224)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BD6 #6FD63B

analogous

#543BD6 #A23BD6 #D63BBC

triadic

#A23BD6 #D6A23B #3BD6A2

tetradic

#A23BD6 #D6543B #6FD63B #3BBCD6

square

#A23BD6 #D6543B #6FD63B #3BBCD6

split-complementary

#A23BD6 #BCD63B #3BD654

monochromatic

#5C1A7D #8125AF #A23BD6 #BA6EE1 #D2A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A23BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A23BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BD6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BD6	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2370D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.230 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ae3',
    500: '#a23bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bd6;
$custom-light: #c27ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.871,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.22951,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BD6

secondary

#ABD895

accent

#E83F78

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BD6

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

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