#A228A2#A228A2

#A228A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.206 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A228A2
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 62.52, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 73.83, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1745 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.206 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1804, 11.8092, 35.2866)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A228A2 #28A228

analogous

#6528A2 #A228A2 #A22865

triadic

#A228A2 #A2A228 #28A2A2

tetradic

#A228A2 #A26528 #28A228 #2865A2

square

#A228A2 #A26528 #28A228 #2865A2

split-complementary

#A228A2 #65A228 #28A265

monochromatic

#401040 #711C71 #A228A2 #CE39CE #DA6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A228A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A228A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A228A2

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A228A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A228A2	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B56A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A669F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A73C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a228a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.206 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c170be',
    500: '#a228a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a228a2;
$custom-light: #c170be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a228a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5178,
    "c": 0.20564,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A228A2

secondary

#65C165

accent

#E44444

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A228A2

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

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