#A2228E#A2228E

#A2228E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.197 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2228E
RGB	rgb(162, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(309, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(309, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 12.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 61.18, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 68.07, 334.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1792 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.197 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3551, 10.7803, 26.5947)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2228E #22A236

analogous

#7622A2 #A2228E #A2224E

triadic

#A2228E #8EA222 #228EA2

tetradic

#A2228E #A27622 #22A236 #224EA2

square

#A2228E #A27622 #22A236 #224EA2

split-complementary

#A2228E #4EA222 #22A276

monochromatic

#3D0D35 #6F1762 #A2228E #D32EB9 #DE61CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A2228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A2228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2228E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2228E	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA2D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.197 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16daf',
    500: '#a2228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2228e;
$custom-light: #c16daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.375,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50211,
    "c": 0.19684,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2228E

secondary

#5DC36D

accent

#E85A40

background

#FCF7FA

surface

#F8EDF4

border

#D1C8CE

text

#130810

muted

#827B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2228E

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

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