#A23CB9#A23CB9

#A23CB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.202 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CB9
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 185)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 59.34, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 75.48, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1539 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.202 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2720, 14.4171, 47.3411)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CB9 #53B93C

analogous

#633CB9 #A23CB9 #B93C91

triadic

#A23CB9 #B9A23C #3CB9A2

tetradic

#A23CB9 #B9633C #53B93C #3C91B9

square

#A23CB9 #B9633C #53B93C #3C91B9

split-complementary

#A23CB9 #91B93C #3CB963

monochromatic

#511E5D #7A2D8B #A23CB9 #BA65CD #CF93DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A23CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A23CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CB9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CB9	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B63BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.202 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17acf',
    500: '#a23cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cb9;
$custom-light: #c17acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.96,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55014,
    "c": 0.20178,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CB9

secondary

#95C789

accent

#DA4D67

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CB9

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

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