#A23EA5#A23EA5

#A23EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.181 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23EA5
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(298, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(298, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 54.77, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 65.62, 326.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1513 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.181 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4140, 13.8447, 37.0291)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23EA5 #41A53E

analogous

#6E3EA5 #A23EA5 #A53E75

triadic

#A23EA5 #A5A23E #3EA5A2

tetradic

#A23EA5 #A56E3E #41A53E #3E75A5

square

#A23EA5 #A56E3E #41A53E #3E75A5

split-complementary

#A23EA5 #75A53E #3EA56E

monochromatic

#4B1D4C #762D79 #A23EA5 #BF5EC2 #D18AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A23EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A23EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23EA5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23EA5	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F60A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A64C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.181 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ac0',
    500: '#a23ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ea5;
$custom-light: #c07ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.252,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54064,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23EA5

secondary

#83BE81

accent

#D55357

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EEF7

border

#D1C9D0

text

#130A12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23EA5

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

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