#A523A1#A523A1

#A523A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.211 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A523A1
RGB	rgb(165, 35, 161)
HSL	hsl(302, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(302, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 2.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 64.46, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 75.19, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1818 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.211 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5510, 11.7764, 34.7966)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A523A1 #23A527

analogous

#6823A5 #A523A1 #A52360

triadic

#A523A1 #A1A523 #23A1A5

tetradic

#A523A1 #A56823 #23A527 #2360A5

square

#A523A1 #A56823 #23A527 #2360A5

split-complementary

#A523A1 #60A523 #23A568

monochromatic

#400E3E #731870 #A523A1 #D332CE #DE64DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A523A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A523A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A523A1

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A523A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A523A1	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0755A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C669E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB3762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a523a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 35, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.211 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46ebd',
    500: '#a523a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a523a1;
$custom-light: #c46ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a523a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51822,
    "c": 0.21104,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A523A1

secondary

#60C463

accent

#E84540

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A523A1

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

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