#A23CB5#A23CB5

#A23CB5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.198 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CB5
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 181)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 58.58, -44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 73.67, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.154 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.198 321)
XYZ	xyz(24.8557, 14.2506, 45.1485)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CB5 #4FB53C

analogous

#663CB5 #A23CB5 #B53C8B

triadic

#A23CB5 #B5A23C #3CB5A2

tetradic

#A23CB5 #B5663C #4FB53C #3C8BB5

square

#A23CB5 #B5663C #4FB53C #3C8BB5

split-complementary

#A23CB5 #8BB53C #3CB566

monochromatic

#501E59 #792D87 #A23CB5 #BB63CB #CF91DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A23CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A23CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CB5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CB5	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1662B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.198 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17acc',
    500: '#a23cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cb5;
$custom-light: #c17acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.579,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5477,
    "c": 0.19817,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.14249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CB5

secondary

#91C687

accent

#DA4E64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CB5

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

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