#A23EC5#A23EC5

#A23EC5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.210 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23EC5
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 197)
HSL	hsl(284, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 60.86, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 80.05, 319.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1511 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.21 316)
XYZ	xyz(26.6994, 15.1589, 54.3320)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23EC5 #61C53E

analogous

#5E3EC5 #A23EC5 #C53EA5

triadic

#A23EC5 #C5A23E #3EC5A2

tetradic

#A23EC5 #C55E3E #61C53E #3EA5C5

square

#A23EC5 #C55E3E #61C53E #3EA5C5

split-complementary

#A23EC5 #A5C53E #3EC55E

monochromatic

#562069 #7D2E98 #A23EC5 #B96DD3 #CF9CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A23EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A23EC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23EC5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23EC5	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0597D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.210 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17bd7',
    500: '#a23ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ec5;
$custom-light: #c17bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55984,
    "c": 0.21024,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.15158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23EC5

secondary

#A1CD91

accent

#DD4B71

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23EC5

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

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