Barney Purple#A00498

#A00498 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.221 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Barney Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A00498
RGB	rgb(160, 4, 152)
HSL	hsl(303, 95%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(303, 98%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 97.5%, 5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 67.67, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 77.91, 330.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1931 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.221 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2081, 9.8292, 30.5326)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A00498 #04A00C

analogous

#5A04A0 #A00498 #A0044A

triadic

#A00498 #98A004 #0498A0

tetradic

#A00498 #A05A04 #04A00C #044AA0

square

#A00498 #A05A04 #04A00C #044AA0

split-complementary

#A00498 #4AA004 #04A05A

monochromatic

#290127 #64035F #A00498 #DC05D1 #FA25EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A00498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A00498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A00498

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A00498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A00498	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A72758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a00498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 4, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.221 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c166b7',
    500: '#a00498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a00498;
$custom-light: #c166b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a00498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.077,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49131,
    "c": 0.22072,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A00498

secondary

#2BD534

accent

#FF3429

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8EBF6

border

#D1C6D0

text

#130711

muted

#827A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A00498

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

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