#A23CAA#A23CAA

#A23CAA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.188 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CAA
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(296, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 56.54, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 68.78, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1539 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.188 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7713, 13.8168, 39.4372)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CAA #44AA3C

analogous

#6B3CAA #A23CAA #AA3C7B

triadic

#A23CAA #AAA23C #3CAAA2

tetradic

#A23CAA #AA6B3C #44AA3C #3C7BAA

square

#A23CAA #AA6B3C #44AA3C #3C7BAA

split-complementary

#A23CAA #7BAA3C #3CAA6B

monochromatic

#4C1C50 #772C7D #A23CAA #BE5DC6 #D08BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#A23CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A23CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CAA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CAA	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2760AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.188 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179c4',
    500: '#a23caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23caa;
$custom-light: #c179c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54121,
    "c": 0.18843,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CAA

secondary

#86C081

accent

#D7505A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CAA

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

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