#A23CC5#A23CC5

#A23CC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.213 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CC5
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 197)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 61.68, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 80.97, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1532 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.213 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5926, 14.9453, 54.2964)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CC5 #5FC53C

analogous

#5E3CC5 #A23CC5 #C53CA3

triadic

#A23CC5 #C5A23C #3CC5A2

tetradic

#A23CC5 #C55E3C #5FC53C #3CA3C5

square

#A23CC5 #C55E3C #5FC53C #3CA3C5

split-complementary

#A23CC5 #A3C53C #3CC55E

monochromatic

#551F68 #7C2D97 #A23CC5 #B86BD3 #CF9AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A23CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A23CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CC5

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CC5	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.213 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ad7',
    500: '#a23cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cc5;
$custom-light: #c17ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.672,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55775,
    "c": 0.21271,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CC5

secondary

#9FCD90

accent

#DE4A70

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CC5

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

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