#A23CC8#A23CC8

#A23CC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.215 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CC8
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 62.28, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 82.36, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.153 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.215 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9398, 15.0842, 56.1248)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CC8 #62C83C

analogous

#5C3CC8 #A23CC8 #C83CA8

triadic

#A23CC8 #C8A23C #3CC8A2

tetradic

#A23CC8 #C85C3C #62C83C #3CA8C8

square

#A23CC8 #C85C3C #62C83C #3CA8C8

split-complementary

#A23CC8 #A8C83C #3CC85C

monochromatic

#561E6B #7D2C9B #A23CC8 #B96CD5 #D09BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A23CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A23CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CC8

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CC8	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.215 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ad9',
    500: '#a23cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cc8;
$custom-light: #c27ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.21546,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CC8

secondary

#A2CF91

accent

#DF4971

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CC8

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

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