#A23BDE#A23BDE

#A23BDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.237 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23BDE
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 73.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 67.17, -64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 93.04, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1511 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.237 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6464, 16.0838, 70.6358)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23BDE #77DE3B

analogous

#503BDE #A23BDE #DE3BC9

triadic

#A23BDE #DEA23B #3BDEA2

tetradic

#A23BDE #DE503B #77DE3B #3BC9DE

square

#A23BDE #DE503B #77DE3B #3BC9DE

split-complementary

#A23BDE #C9DE3B #3BDE50

monochromatic

#5E1788 #8320BC #A23BDE #BB6FE7 #D4A4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A23BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A23BDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23BDE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23BDE	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C71DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.237 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37be9',
    500: '#a23bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23bde;
$custom-light: #c37be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.914,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57387,
    "c": 0.2369,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23BDE

secondary

#B1DD98

accent

#EE3A7C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23BDE

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

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