#A23CD5#A23CD5

#A23CD5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.227 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CD5
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 64.92, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 88.40, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1515 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.227 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5242, 15.7180, 64.4692)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CD5 #6FD53C

analogous

#553CD5 #A23CD5 #D53CBB

triadic

#A23CD5 #D5A23C #3CD5A2

tetradic

#A23CD5 #D5553C #6FD53C #3CBBD5

square

#A23CD5 #D5553C #6FD53C #3CBBD5

split-complementary

#A23CD5 #BBD53C #3CD555

monochromatic

#5C1B7C #8126AE #A23CD5 #BA6EE0 #D2A1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A23CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A23CD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CD5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CD5	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2770D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.227 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27be3',
    500: '#a23cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cd5;
$custom-light: #c27be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.22746,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CD5

secondary

#ABD796

accent

#E84078

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CD5

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

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