#A23CD9#A23CD9

#A23CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.231 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CD9
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 65.75, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 90.27, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1509 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.231 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0381, 15.9235, 67.1760)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CD9 #73D93C

analogous

#543CD9 #A23CD9 #D93CC2

triadic

#A23CD9 #D9A23C #3CD9A2

tetradic

#A23CD9 #D9543C #73D93C #3CC2D9

square

#A23CD9 #D9543C #73D93C #3CC2D9

split-complementary

#A23CD9 #C2D93C #3CD954

monochromatic

#5D1981 #8223B5 #A23CD9 #BA6FE3 #D3A2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A23CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A23CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CD9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CD9	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.231 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27be6',
    500: '#a23cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23cd9;
$custom-light: #c27be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.981,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57129,
    "c": 0.23118,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CD9

secondary

#AEDA97

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CD9

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

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