#A23CA6#A23CA6

#A23CA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.185 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CA6
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 166)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 55.81, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 67.04, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1537 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.185 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3986, 13.6677, 37.4747)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CA6 #40A63C

analogous

#6D3CA6 #A23CA6 #A63C75

triadic

#A23CA6 #A6A23C #3CA6A2

tetradic

#A23CA6 #A66D3C #40A63C #3C75A6

square

#A23CA6 #A66D3C #40A63C #3C75A6

split-complementary

#A23CA6 #75A63C #3CA66D

monochromatic

#4A1C4C #762C79 #A23CA6 #C05BC4 #D188D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#A23CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A23CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CA6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CA6	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.185 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179c1',
    500: '#a23ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ca6;
$custom-light: #c179c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53895,
    "c": 0.18495,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CA6

secondary

#82BE7F

accent

#D75156

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CA6

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

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