#A228A0#A228A0

#A228A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.204 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A228A0
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 160)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 1.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 62.20, -38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 73.01, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.1745 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.204 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0040, 11.7387, 34.3577)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A228A0 #28A22A

analogous

#6728A2 #A228A0 #A22863

triadic

#A228A0 #A0A228 #28A0A2

tetradic

#A228A0 #A26728 #28A22A #2863A2

square

#A228A0 #A26728 #28A22A #2863A2

split-complementary

#A228A0 #63A228 #28A267

monochromatic

#40103F #711C70 #A228A0 #CE39CC #DA6AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A228A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A228A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A228A0

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A228A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A228A0	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1056A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B669D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A83B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a228a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.204 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c170bc',
    500: '#a228a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a228a0;
$custom-light: #c170bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a228a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51663,
    "c": 0.2041,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A228A0

secondary

#65C167

accent

#E44744

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A228A0

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

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