#A23CA5#A23CA5

#A23CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.184 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CA5
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 55.63, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 66.61, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1537 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.184 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3073, 13.6312, 36.9935)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CA5 #3FA53C

analogous

#6E3CA5 #A23CA5 #A53C74

triadic

#A23CA5 #A5A23C #3CA5A2

tetradic

#A23CA5 #A56E3C #3FA53C #3C74A5

square

#A23CA5 #A56E3C #3FA53C #3C74A5

split-complementary

#A23CA5 #74A53C #3CA56E

monochromatic

#4A1B4B #762C78 #A23CA5 #C05BC3 #D188D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#A23CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A23CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CA5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CA5	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.184 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179c0',
    500: '#a23ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ca5;
$custom-light: #c179c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53839,
    "c": 0.18409,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CA5

secondary

#81BE7F

accent

#D65155

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CA5

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

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