#A23CD2#A23CD2

#A23CD2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.225 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CD2
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 64.30, -58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 87.01, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1519 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.225 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1469, 15.5670, 62.4823)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CD2 #6CD23C

analogous

#573CD2 #A23CD2 #D23CB7

triadic

#A23CD2 #D2A23C #3CD2A2

tetradic

#A23CD2 #D2573C #6CD23C #3CB7D2

square

#A23CD2 #D2573C #6CD23C #3CB7D2

split-complementary

#A23CD2 #B7D23C #3CD257

monochromatic

#5A1C78 #8027AA #A23CD2 #BA6EDD #D19FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A23CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A23CD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CD2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CD2	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.225 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27be1',
    500: '#a23cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cd2;
$custom-light: #c27be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56644,
    "c": 0.22469,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CD2

secondary

#A9D594

accent

#E64277

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CD2

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

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