#A23ED9#A23ED9

#A23ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.229 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23ED9
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 64.95, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 89.38, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.149 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.229 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1449, 16.1371, 67.2116)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23ED9 #75D93E

analogous

#553ED9 #A23ED9 #D93EC2

triadic

#A23ED9 #D9A23E #3ED9A2

tetradic

#A23ED9 #D9553E #75D93E #3EC2D9

square

#A23ED9 #D9553E #75D93E #3EC2D9

split-complementary

#A23ED9 #C2D93E #3ED955

monochromatic

#5E1A83 #8224B6 #A23ED9 #BB71E3 #D3A4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A23ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A23ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23ED9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23ED9	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2271D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.229 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27ce6',
    500: '#a23ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23ed9;
$custom-light: #c27ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.22894,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23ED9

secondary

#B0DA99

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23ED9

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

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