#A23CD3#A23CD3

#A23CD3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.226 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CD3
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 64.51, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 87.47, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1518 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.226 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2719, 15.6170, 63.1405)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CD3 #6DD33C

analogous

#563CD3 #A23CD3 #D33CB8

triadic

#A23CD3 #D3A23C #3CD3A2

tetradic

#A23CD3 #D3563C #6DD33C #3CB8D3

square

#A23CD3 #D3563C #6DD33C #3CB8D3

split-complementary

#A23CD3 #B8D33C #3CD356

monochromatic

#5B1B79 #8027AB #A23CD3 #BA6EDE #D2A0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A23CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A23CD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CD3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CD3	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A70D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.226 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27be1',
    500: '#a23cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cd3;
$custom-light: #c27be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.53,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.22562,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CD3

secondary

#AAD695

accent

#E64277

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CD3

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

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