#A23CB8#A23CB8

#A23CB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.201 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CB8
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 184)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 67.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 59.15, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 75.02, 322.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1539 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.201 320)
XYZ	xyz(25.1668, 14.3750, 46.7871)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CB8 #52B83C

analogous

#643CB8 #A23CB8 #B83C90

triadic

#A23CB8 #B8A23C #3CB8A2

tetradic

#A23CB8 #B8643C #52B83C #3C90B8

square

#A23CB8 #B8643C #52B83C #3C90B8

split-complementary

#A23CB8 #90B83C #3CB864

monochromatic

#511E5C #792D8A #A23CB8 #BA65CD #CF93DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A23CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A23CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CB8

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CB8	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E63BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.201 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ace',
    500: '#a23cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cb8;
$custom-light: #c17ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.355,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54953,
    "c": 0.20088,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.14374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CB8

secondary

#94C789

accent

#DA4D66

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CB8

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

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