#A23EC4#A23EC4

#A23EC4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.209 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23EC4
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 196)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 60.66, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 79.58, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1512 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.209 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5852, 15.1132, 53.7306)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23EC4 #60C43E

analogous

#5F3EC4 #A23EC4 #C43EA3

triadic

#A23EC4 #C4A23E #3EC4A2

tetradic

#A23EC4 #C45F3E #60C43E #3EA3C4

square

#A23EC4 #C45F3E #60C43E #3EA3C4

split-complementary

#A23EC4 #A3C43E #3EC45F

monochromatic

#562068 #7C2E97 #A23EC4 #B96DD2 #CF9CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A23EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A23EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23EC4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23EC4	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.209 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17bd6',
    500: '#a23ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ec4;
$custom-light: #c17bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.20932,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23EC4

secondary

#A0CD91

accent

#DD4B70

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23EC4

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

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