#A23CAE#A23CAE

#A23CAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.192 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CAE
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(294, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(294, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 57.27, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 70.54, 324.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.154 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.192 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1554, 13.9705, 41.4604)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CAE #48AE3C

analogous

#693CAE #A23CAE #AE3C81

triadic

#A23CAE #AEA23C #3CAEA2

tetradic

#A23CAE #AE693C #48AE3C #3C81AE

square

#A23CAE #AE693C #48AE3C #3C81AE

split-complementary

#A23CAE #81AE3C #3CAE69

monochromatic

#4D1D53 #782C80 #A23CAE #BD5FC8 #D08DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#A23CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A23CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CAE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CAE	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2261B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A54E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.192 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179c7',
    500: '#a23cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cae;
$custom-light: #c179c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54353,
    "c": 0.19195,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CAE

secondary

#8AC283

accent

#D8505E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CAE

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

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