#A23CE2#A23CE2

#A23CE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.240 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23CE2
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 67.63, -65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 94.48, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1495 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.24 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2408, 16.4046, 73.5101)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23CE2 #7CE23C

analogous

#4F3CE2 #A23CE2 #E23CCF

triadic

#A23CE2 #E2A23C #3CE2A2

tetradic

#A23CE2 #E24F3C #7CE23C #3CCFE2

square

#A23CE2 #E24F3C #7CE23C #3CCFE2

split-complementary

#A23CE2 #CFE23C #3CE24F

monochromatic

#60158E #831DC4 #A23CE2 #BB71EA #D5A7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A23CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A23CE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23CE2

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23CE2	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.240 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37bec',
    500: '#a23ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ce2;
$custom-light: #c37bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.23954,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23CE2

secondary

#B5DF9B

accent

#F1377F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23CE2

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

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