#A12996#A12996

#A12996 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.195 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12996
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 60.05, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 68.60, 331.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1723 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.195 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9960, 11.3667, 29.9364)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12996 #29A134

analogous

#7029A1 #A12996 #A1295A

triadic

#A12996 #96A129 #2996A1

tetradic

#A12996 #A17029 #29A134 #295AA1

square

#A12996 #A17029 #29A134 #295AA1

split-complementary

#A12996 #5AA129 #29A170

monochromatic

#3F103B #701D69 #A12996 #CD3ABF #D96BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A12996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A12996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12996

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12996	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8375D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.195 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c070b5',
    500: '#a12996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12996;
$custom-light: #c070b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51019,
    "c": 0.19499,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12996

secondary

#66C06E

accent

#E35445

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12996

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

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