#A23CA3#A23CA3

#A23CA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.182 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CA3
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 55.28, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 65.75, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1536 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.182 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1267, 13.5589, 36.0423)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CA3 #3DA33C

analogous

#6E3CA3 #A23CA3 #A33C70

triadic

#A23CA3 #A3A23C #3CA3A2

tetradic

#A23CA3 #A36E3C #3DA33C #3C70A3

square

#A23CA3 #A36E3C #3DA33C #3C70A3

split-complementary

#A23CA3 #70A33C #3CA36E

monochromatic

#491B4A #762C76 #A23CA3 #C15AC2 #D287D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#A23CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#A23CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CA3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CA3	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A74A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.182 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079be',
    500: '#a23ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ca3;
$custom-light: #c079be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.417,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53728,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CA3

secondary

#7EBD7E

accent

#D65253

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CA3

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

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