#A23BD9#A23BD9

#A23BD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.232 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BD9
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 66.13, -62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 90.71, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1519 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.232 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9862, 15.8198, 67.1588)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BD9 #72D93B

analogous

#533BD9 #A23BD9 #D93BC1

triadic

#A23BD9 #D9A23B #3BD9A2

tetradic

#A23BD9 #D9533B #72D93B #3BC1D9

square

#A23BD9 #D9533B #72D93B #3BC1D9

split-complementary

#A23BD9 #C1D93B #3BD953

monochromatic

#5D1981 #8123B4 #A23BD9 #BA6EE3 #D3A2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A23BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A23BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BD9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BD9	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D70D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.232 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ae6',
    500: '#a23bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bd9;
$custom-light: #c27ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.114,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57032,
    "c": 0.23228,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BD9

secondary

#AEDA96

accent

#EA3D7A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BD9

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

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