#A23ED8#A23ED8

#A23ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.228 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23ED8
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 71.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 64.74, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 88.91, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1492 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.228 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0152, 16.0852, 66.5287)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23ED8 #74D83E

analogous

#553ED8 #A23ED8 #D83EC1

triadic

#A23ED8 #D8A23E #3ED8A2

tetradic

#A23ED8 #D8553E #74D83E #3EC1D8

square

#A23ED8 #D8553E #74D83E #3EC1D8

split-complementary

#A23ED8 #C1D83E #3ED855

monochromatic

#5D1A81 #8224B4 #A23ED8 #BB71E2 #D3A4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A23ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A23ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23ED8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23ED8	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2471D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.228 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ce5',
    500: '#a23ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ed8;
$custom-light: #c27ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.22799,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23ED8

secondary

#AFD998

accent

#E93E7A

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23ED8

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

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