#A21CA9#A21CA9

#A21CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.221 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A21CA9
RGB	rgb(162, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(297, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 66.91, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 80.39, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1832 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.221 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4765, 11.3780, 38.5408)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A21CA9 #23A91C

analogous

#5B1CA9 #A21CA9 #A91C69

triadic

#A21CA9 #A9A21C #1CA9A2

tetradic

#A21CA9 #A95B1C #23A91C #1C69A9

square

#A21CA9 #A95B1C #23A91C #1C69A9

split-complementary

#A21CA9 #69A91C #1CA95B

monochromatic

#3D0B40 #701374 #A21CA9 #D227DB #DD5BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A21CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A21CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A21CA9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A21CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A21CA9	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4164A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A63965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a21ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.221 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c26cc3',
    500: '#a21ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a21ca9;
$custom-light: #c26cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a21ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.021,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51416,
    "c": 0.22133,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A21CA9

secondary

#5EC859

accent

#EE3942

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A21CA9

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

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