#A149CD#A149CD

#A149CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.203 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A149CD
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 57.46, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 78.35, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1372 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.203 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0980, 16.7507, 59.4988)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A149CD #75CD49

analogous

#5F49CD #A149CD #CD49B7

triadic

#A149CD #CDA149 #49CDA1

tetradic

#A149CD #CD5F49 #75CD49 #49B7CD

square

#A149CD #CD5F49 #75CD49 #49B7CD

split-complementary

#A149CD #B7CD49 #49CD5F

monochromatic

#5D227A #812FAA #A149CD #BA79DA #D3A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A149CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A149CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A149CD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A149CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A149CD	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a149cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.203 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c081dd',
    500: '#a149cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a149cd;
$custom-light: #c081dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a149cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57618,
    "c": 0.20327,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A149CD

secondary

#B0D59D

accent

#E0487A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A149CD

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

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