#A23CA4#A23CA4

#A23CA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.183 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CA4
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 164)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 55.46, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 66.18, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1536 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.183 327)
XYZ	xyz(23.2166, 13.5949, 36.5160)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CA4 #3EA43C

analogous

#6E3CA4 #A23CA4 #A43C72

triadic

#A23CA4 #A4A23C #3CA4A2

tetradic

#A23CA4 #A46E3C #3EA43C #3C72A4

square

#A23CA4 #A46E3C #3EA43C #3C72A4

split-complementary

#A23CA4 #72A43C #3CA46E

monochromatic

#491B4A #762C77 #A23CA4 #C15AC3 #D287D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#A23CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A23CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CA4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CA4	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.183 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079bf',
    500: '#a23ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ca4;
$custom-light: #c079bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53783,
    "c": 0.18323,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.13593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CA4

secondary

#80BD7E

accent

#D65254

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CA4

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

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