#A23CD6#A23CD6

#A23CD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.228 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CD6
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 214)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 72%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 65.12, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 88.87, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1514 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.228 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6515, 15.7689, 65.1397)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CD6 #70D63C

analogous

#553CD6 #A23CD6 #D63CBD

triadic

#A23CD6 #D6A23C #3CD6A2

tetradic

#A23CD6 #D6553C #70D63C #3CBDD6

square

#A23CD6 #D6553C #70D63C #3CBDD6

split-complementary

#A23CD6 #BDD63C #3CD655

monochromatic

#5C1A7D #8125B0 #A23CD6 #BA6FE1 #D2A1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A23CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A23CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CD6

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CD6	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.228 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27be3',
    500: '#a23cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cd6;
$custom-light: #c27be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.22839,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CD6

secondary

#ACD896

accent

#E84079

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CD6

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

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