#A23ED6#A23ED6

#A23ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.226 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23ED6
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 71%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 64.33, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 87.98, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1494 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.226 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7582, 15.9824, 65.1753)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23ED6 #72D63E

analogous

#563ED6 #A23ED6 #D63EBE

triadic

#A23ED6 #D6A23E #3ED6A2

tetradic

#A23ED6 #D6563E #72D63E #3EBED6

square

#A23ED6 #D6563E #72D63E #3EBED6

split-complementary

#A23ED6 #BED63E #3ED656

monochromatic

#5D1B7F #8126B1 #A23ED6 #BA70E1 #D3A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A23ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A23ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23ED6

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23ED6	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2871D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.226 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ce3',
    500: '#a23ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ed6;
$custom-light: #c27ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5712,
    "c": 0.22612,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23ED6

secondary

#AED898

accent

#E84079

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23ED6

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

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