#A228AE#A228AE

#A228AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.215 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A228AE
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(295, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 64.55, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 78.85, 324.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.174 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.215 324)
XYZ	xyz(23.2984, 12.2564, 41.1748)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A228AE #34AE28

analogous

#5F28AE #A228AE #AE2877

triadic

#A228AE #AEA228 #28AEA2

tetradic

#A228AE #AE5F28 #34AE28 #2877AE

square

#A228AE #AE5F28 #34AE28 #2877AE

split-complementary

#A228AE #77AE28 #28AE5F

monochromatic

#45114A #741D7C #A228AE #C640D3 #D572DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#A228AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A228AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A228AE

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A228AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A228AE	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4267AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5426A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a228ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.215 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c170c7',
    500: '#a228ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a228ae;
$custom-light: #c170c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a228ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.627,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52513,
    "c": 0.21501,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.12255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A228AE

secondary

#74C66C

accent

#E64251

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130813

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A228AE

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

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