#A227A5#A227A5

#A227A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.209 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A227A5
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(299, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 63.33, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 75.41, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1753 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.209 327)
XYZ	xyz(22.4170, 11.8506, 36.6967)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A227A5 #2AA527

analogous

#6327A5 #A227A5 #A52769

triadic

#A227A5 #A5A227 #27A5A2

tetradic

#A227A5 #A56327 #2AA527 #2769A5

square

#A227A5 #A56327 #2AA527 #2769A5

split-complementary

#A227A5 #69A527 #27A563

monochromatic

#411042 #711B74 #A227A5 #CD39D0 #D96ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A227A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A227A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A227A5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A227A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A227A5	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4866A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A73D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a227a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.209 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c170c0',
    500: '#a227a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a227a5;
$custom-light: #c170c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a227a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51883,
    "c": 0.20894,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.11849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A227A5

secondary

#68C266

accent

#E54347

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A227A5

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

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